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Markjay

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Re: Wi fi question.
« Reply #15 on: 27 October 2008, 14:31:43 »
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>If the the cafe owner didn't mind how can this be offence??? Shocked

Because it was in America LOL
State laws over there make our daftest laws look sensible
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276720,00.html


OK, but reading the full article this can almost be classified as 'freak accident'...  ;D

You really have to be extremely unlucky for this to happen to you.  :-?

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Re: Wi fi question.
« Reply #16 on: 27 October 2008, 14:59:11 »
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>If the the cafe owner didn't mind how can this be offence??? Shocked

Because it was in America LOL
State laws over there make our daftest laws look sensible
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276720,00.html


OK, but reading the full article this can almost be classified as 'freak accident'...  ;D

You really have to be extremely unlucky for this to happen to you.  :-?



Actually this has happened in the UK too, struggling to find the link though.....will keep searching
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Re: Wi fi question.
« Reply #17 on: 27 October 2008, 15:03:17 »
If this sort of thing can happen here too I'm moving to Cuba where it's safer  :D
Heaven help us all
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« Reply #18 on: 27 October 2008, 15:05:42 »
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>If the the cafe owner didn't mind how can this be offence??? Shocked

Because it was in America LOL
State laws over there make our daftest laws look sensible
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276720,00.html


OK, but reading the full article this can almost be classified as 'freak accident'...  ;D

You really have to be extremely unlucky for this to happen to you.  :-?



Actually this has happened in the UK too, struggling to find the link though.....will keep searching


bit older than I thought   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1548960/Two-arrested-over-wifi-theft.html
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« Reply #19 on: 27 October 2008, 15:05:46 »
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If this sort of thing can happen here too I'm moving to Cuba where it's safer  :D
Heaven help us all


I heard of nice '56 Chevy for sale in Havana (running on cane sugar for petrol and lemon juice for brake fluid, and you don't want to know what the engine oil is made of...), I'll forward the link in a minute...  ;D
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« Reply #20 on: 27 October 2008, 15:13:50 »
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>If the the cafe owner didn't mind how can this be offence??? Shocked

Because it was in America LOL
State laws over there make our daftest laws look sensible
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276720,00.html


OK, but reading the full article this can almost be classified as 'freak accident'...  ;D

You really have to be extremely unlucky for this to happen to you.  :-?



Actually this has happened in the UK too, struggling to find the link though.....will keep searching


bit older than I thought   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1548960/Two-arrested-over-wifi-theft.html


Not so fast there...

1. This was 'theft' from private home connection, and it can understandably be alarming if someone piggy-backs on you home network without you knowing. A coffee-shop network is intended for customers use, so while technically an offence to use it if you are not a customer, it is not really the same as the former.

For example: if someone ;eaves their front door unlocked, and you open it and walk into their home, or if you go into the kitchen of a coffee shop in spite the fact that it is marked 'private', it is an offence in both cases but far from being the same...

2. You really have to be unlucky... if the users switched-off their laptops when approached by police, I doubt if the police would have gone all the way into forensic IT to check what they were logged into... it is more likely that they honsetly replied to police questions saying they logged-in to unsecured connection.



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Re: Wi fi question.
« Reply #21 on: 27 October 2008, 15:25:17 »
Oh dear, that makes me a criminal then, when I moved house certain pieces of equipment connected themselves to next door  ;)

They didn't stay connected, but still........
Listen folks, secure you wifi to save innocent people from breaking the law
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« Reply #22 on: 27 October 2008, 16:59:35 »
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Oh dear, that makes me a criminal then, when I moved house certain pieces of equipment connected themselves to next door  ;)

We have your IP, expect a knock on your door any minute now...  ;D
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« Reply #23 on: 27 October 2008, 18:37:44 »
I won't name the member who ccontacted me because he couldn't access his network from his wireless laptop, due to it being connected to a neighbour's router then.
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« Reply #24 on: 27 October 2008, 18:40:59 »
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Oh dear, that makes me a criminal then, when I moved house certain pieces of equipment connected themselves to next door  ;)

We have your IP, expect a knock on your door any minute now...  ;D

IP addy wont prove anything.....only proof would be if the router logged your MAC addy  :y
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« Reply #25 on: 27 October 2008, 20:23:28 »
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Oh dear, that makes me a criminal then, when I moved house certain pieces of equipment connected themselves to next door  ;)

We have your IP, expect a knock on your door any minute now...  ;D

IP addy wont prove anything.....only proof would be if the router logged your MAC addy  :y


We no need prove, we shoot first ask question later, amigo!  ;D

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« Reply #26 on: 27 October 2008, 20:44:07 »
Markjay, LOL quite a lot.  ;D

Good job I am routing thru' a proxy in Cuba then  :D

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« Reply #27 on: 27 October 2008, 23:22:27 »
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I won't name the member who ccontacted me because he couldn't access his network from his wireless laptop, due to it being connected to a neighbour's router then.

Been there, done that. ;D If you leave your WLAN totally unprotected all bets are off, IMHO.

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Re: Wi fi question.
« Reply #28 on: 27 October 2008, 23:32:08 »
Mines not locked...how do i go about it?
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« Reply #29 on: 28 October 2008, 09:41:54 »
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Mines not locked...how do i go about it?
 :-[

Create a WEP/WPA key on the router......WPA is more secure if the router and card in pc can do it......

After you've set one the pc will ask for 'key' when you connect to it for the first time  :y

And change the default admin password on the router if you havent already done so  :y
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