> The problem with unauthorized access isn't the bandwidth use, it's what
> might be done with the bandwidth -- spamming or worse. In any case, the
> owner is in violation of his TOS for subletting (if that's the right word)
> the connection, and the ISP would be completely justified in cutting him
> off.
Well, it depends on your TOS, although most of the ones I've seen end
with, "We reserve the right to change these TOS at will and without
prior notification." Either way, a lot of TOS call it a violation to
run more than one 1 machine on a connection, period (e.g. home LANs).
(Not to mention running a web or mail server...) If an ISP was going
to cut off service for this, they'd also have to cut off service to
everybody's clueless uncle who doesn't know how to secure an AP, or
cut off service to all the customers their own technicians have set up
with unsecured APs. Besides, the previously mentioned hacks
(redirecting to kittenwar.com, inverting and/or blurring content) are
still "subletting" the connection.
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