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Originally Posted by Chuck
I might not know where it is. Common courtesy on their part would be to make it easier for others to tell that it's not open to the public by not allowing public access.
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Sorry, Chuck, I don't think "common courtesy" is on your side on this one.
Default position is "not yours to use." Unless somebody
tells you it's yours to use. And, no, neither your computer nor theirs counts as "somebody."
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Originally Posted by Chuck
Some people might want to allow others to use their wireless networks. Should that be illegal just because someone who doesn't want to is doing it anyway?
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No, of course not - not on you, anyway, although they may be violating their provider's terms of service.
But you are insisting that you can
assume they want to allow it, unless they explicitly deny it. You can't. You assume they don't allow it, unless they explicitly allow it.
Somebody can invite you into their house, and it's not illegal for you to then enter. But an unlocked door (or even a door standing wide open) does not constitute an invitation, and it is illegal for you to enter.