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Old 22-December-2008, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by tofu View Post
Explicit permission is given by your surrogate, the device. It broadcasts a signal specifically for that purpose. This is even more clear-cut than a web server. The web server is just listening. A WAP actually broadcasts itself. It says, "hello! here I am!" A computer asks for an IP. The device gives it one.
Nope, not explicit. And this, again, is the problem with your server analogy.

Nobody puts a server on the internet without intending to serve the internet.

People put a WAP in their home intending it for their own use all the time.

That they did not change the default settings on that WAP can not be presumed to give you permission to use it.
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