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Originally Posted by alcimedes
Funny thing they don't mention. People who leave their wireless open on purpose in order to steal the info of those leeching their access. You have NO idea if someone is running ethereal or the like on that wifi hub or not.
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Article touches on this at the end; last 2-3 paragraphs.
I don't live off my neighbor's WiFi but I have connected to them by accident. I just don't see how this can ever be policed for non-password-protected WiFi, especially in urban settings. Unless I'm missing something, it's impossible to tell the difference between a public hotpsot and Mrs. Smith's unsecured WiFi next door. Some public hotspots seem to have a welcome page, etc.; others do not. To me, if you're blasting non-password-protected WiFi into someone's apartment, seems hard to believe that person could get prosecuted for using it.