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Originally Posted by Sticks
You do realise that if you do not have permission of the person whose network you are hacking into, you may be committing a criminal offence
Well that is the situation in the UK, not sure about the US
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I don't know if it has been tested in court, but I would argue the prinicple of implicit consent. Kind of like placing your 50" tv in a bay window and claiming your privacy was violated by people walking by on the sidewalk and stopping to watch. If you don't want people to use it, then secure it. On a modern router, securing a network is trivial. As far as I am concerned, if you didn't secure your router, it is because you want people to use it.
I have no idea if that argument would hold up in court, but it does mean that I connect to unsecure networks whenever I need to and I don't consider it to be illegal or unethical.
BTW, my wireless router at home is secure.