On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Mason Mullins wrote:
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: "Levi Bard" <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>> To: slug@nks.net
>> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Wifi security fun with your neighbors.
>> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:29:11 -0500
>>
>>> <snip>
>>> > Do you also disable the water spigot on the outside of your house?
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> If someone were abusing yours such that you couldn't use your own water
>>> legitimately, would you not consider such action?
>>>
>>> I think the light's a better example.
>>
>> Sure, if somebody was abusing my water supply, I'd get onto them
>> and/or take action. But if I paid a flat rate for water every month,
>> I wouldn't really care if the neighborhood kids used it to fill water
>> balloons or whatever.
>
> Well, I have to admit that when I'm on the road (trucker) and I'm not at a
> hotspot (many truckstops have them now), I have been known to use whatever
> unsecured wireless router I can connect with. It's usually a nearby
> hotel, but sometimes it's a home router.
>
> I don't abuse it and do huge downloads or anything, just get online to
> check my email. It's not like I'm seriously hogging their bandwidth or
> running up a big bill for them or anything. No harm no foul.
Not everybody's as benevolent as you.
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