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Originally Posted by tofu
lol! Shall I compare thee to free internet? Thou art more geeky and awesome.
Seriously though, I wasn't comparing them to unsecured access. Sean said, "what if someone uses the web site for a purpose other than the one I intended." That didn't make any sense to me, so I said, "like picking up chicks".
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Ah, that wasn't what you meant? So, intent is important afterall. :-P
I think intent is the heart of the matter. If you cannot determine the intent of the WAP owner, then it may be best to assume their intent is not to allow it. If the network name is something like "John's Network", then you can assume it's meant to be private. If it's "John's Network free to anyone" then it may be safe to assume he knows it's open and is allowing access. If it has a default name then it's safe to assume your dealing with a n00b who doesn't know how to restrict access, and therefore shouldn't assume the owner would allow it. Of course, this isn't about legality so much as logic.