Does anyone agree with broadband theft if the site is not protected?
Question by Tony M: Does anyone agree with broadband theft if the site is not protected?
This week a man was charged with broadband theft by using his wireless laptop to connect to an unsecured service. Surely the owner of the service should have used encryption to prevent unauthorised access?
My view is that, by leaving it unsecured, the service owner is knowingly allowing access to anyone within range and therefore not a criminal offence.
Best answer:
Answer by slinkyred1
I agree, you wouldn’t knowingly leave your front door unlocked!
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I thought that was the idea behind wireless conection , so that one could use the internet while out and about
Maybe I’m wrong
That’s like saying if someone parks there car on the street that it is fair game.
Theft is theft regardless of how secure or unsecure something is!
Look at it this way!
We all leave things in our gardens unprotected except by a garden wall or fence.
We could protect them with barbed wire, but we don’t – we trust people to leave them alone.
People are entitled to their privacy and listening to other peoples business is immoral of course it does not end there.
What about the potential to steal other peoples identity, just because some body house door is unlocked does not give you the right to enter. because some one is unaware of the dangers and has not taken the right precautions does not give you the right to exploit their naivety.