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Originally Posted by Chuck
If my neighbor is too lazy to lock his car and I drive off with it, he's denied access to his car. If he's too lazy to stop me from using his bandwidth he's not denied access to it because he can take it back at any time.
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No, he can't. He can start using it, too, but the router will still delegate some of that bandwidth to you.
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Originally Posted by Chuck
When someone sets up an unsecure network near me he's actively giving me Internet access. He's using a configuration that specifically allows others to use it. He can disallow it at any time. I see no reason to assume no usage to be the default rule.
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No, he's not "actively giving" you access. Go to the store, buy a WAP, take it home, plug it in, turn it on. Is access restricted? No. That's the default setting. He has just not "actively" disabled it.
And that's not even the point. It is wong to enter another person's property without their
explicit permission, and them opening the door and/or leaving it open doesn't qualify.