I heard a story on (local?) NPR recently about people stealing wireless internet from their neighbors. i have been thinking that it is genius. Officials were estimating that only 1/3 of people who have wireless networks secure them properly. people who had these networks went both ways- guerilla aka i don't care who uses my network and of course the opposite i pay for it- it's mine.been thinking about trying to piggy back, especially being in my area. seems like alot of folks would have wireless and not be smart or knowledgable enough to secure it. anyone care to weigh in?p's taters
Stealing wireless
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I'm not doing it now, but I did that for months. There are a couple of unsecure wireless connections in range of my house. I think there are a lot of people who leave their connections open on purpose, too. There's a small "free wireless for all" revolution going on in some geek circles.
hell yeah, i run torrents, limewire, and soulseek on that unsecured shit all day.
bottom line is if its there, its there.
I figure, those waves are entering my private space, so they're mine now. I was on a high speed wireless network for almost 2 years. I figured out who's it was when they moved out and the network was gone. I had to give in and pay for it after that.
I don't believe there are any laws against it either. It would be pretty messed up if someone got sued by the RIAA for file sharing or busted for threatening the president because of someone jacking their network.
I don't believe there are any laws against it either. It would be pretty messed up if someone got sued by the RIAA for file sharing or busted for threatening the president because of someone jacking their network.
If anyone is into giving direction on how exactly this is done with a newer g4 powerbook, pm me. i will kindly trade a decent record for good info haha...Just moved into my new place and I'm pickin up a connection. One less bill...
when someone steals all your passwords, credit card info, and anything else you would consider private while you are connected to an unsecure wireless network, please do not complain about it
this is a problem if you're connected to the internet, period
of course it makes it just a little easier if it's via an open wireless connection
most wireless speeds are not as fast as a land line, but for most purposes are fast enough for browsing, downloading of songs, etc
I prefer the line I pay for, no need to worry about speeds or wireless piggybacking. If I couldn't afford it, I'd go wireless in a heartbeat.
i live in a townhouse in a college town (tallahassee, fl), and right now im picking up 12 diffrent networks
6 are unsecured.
im actually using someone elses network right now (have been all school year). funny thing is we (me and my roommates) have a wireless router, but its in my roommates room who doesnt know how to set it up. So we are paying for internet, but only my roommate accesses the internet we are paying for.
6 are unsecured.
im actually using someone elses network right now (have been all school year). funny thing is we (me and my roommates) have a wireless router, but its in my roommates room who doesnt know how to set it up. So we are paying for internet, but only my roommate accesses the internet we are paying for.
Resk, you write (graffiti)? I was in Orlando last week and "Resk" was the only name I saw up.
Herm
RESK aint even a name i use honestly, im one of those peoples who normally just goes by my first name (government name). But when i did write a decade ago, it was one of many names i used. I lost my old password for my old screenname so just came up with a random name that i used in the past when reregistering on here.
i do know a couple graff cats from orlando, resk isnt one of them. Shit theyre probably too old to be writing anyways, im real out of the graff loop.
carlos
i do know a couple graff cats from orlando, resk isnt one of them. Shit theyre probably too old to be writing anyways, im real out of the graff loop.
carlos
