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I support the police
I will be damned if some cheeky # tries to steal my broadband that I am paying for
More so if someone was downloading something unpleasant and/or illegal for which you were arrested.I will be damned if some cheeky # tries to steal my broadband that I am paying for
Hi,
This is one of those cases that does the police (and the government) no favours at all.
Okay - yes, the man using the Wi-Fi service probably shouldn't have been. Moreso if he was looking or downloading anything that contravened public law. And, yes, it was technically "theft" of bandwidth...
... But:
- no one was actually harmed
- the owner of the house would never have known about this individual using the Wi-Fi access
- providing that nothing illegal was viewed or downloaded, it's one of those instances when the guy should have been simply told to move on
- he could have been done for trespassing, I guess, but even then...
- if you own a Wi-Fi internet connection, you should secure it! If you don't then anyone could potentially put you in danger of doing some genuinely nasty acts.
Ultimately, though, what makes this laughable, is that London police are wasting time and public money taking this to a court, and yet kids are being shot and stabbed in their city left, right and centre, and getting away with it!
It just show how inept the police can be, and why people laugh at them, or have little respect or sympathy for them, when they punish a guy like this, for a so-called "crime".
This kind of thing, is NOT something the police should be wasting time on. Ten or fifteen years ago, if you were caught doing this, you would have simply been told to stop, and then move on, and get warned not to do it again. Jeez, it's not as if this guy was being a major terrorist, or shooting innocent civilians.
Talk about overreacting by the police. Sheesh! Go out and catch some real criminals, you muppets!
Pooch
Hi,
This is one of those cases that does the police (and the government) no favours at all.
Okay - yes, the man using the Wi-Fi service probably shouldn't have been. Moreso if he was looking or downloading anything that contravened public law. And, yes, it was technically "theft" of bandwidth...
... But:
- no one was actually harmed
- the owner of the house would never have known about this individual using the Wi-Fi access
- providing that nothing illegal was viewed or downloaded, it's one of those instances when the guy should have been simply told to move on
- he could have been done for trespassing, I guess, but even then...
- if you own a Wi-Fi internet connection, you should secure it! If you don't then anyone could potentially put you in danger of doing some genuinely nasty acts.
Ultimately, though, what makes this laughable, is that London police are wasting time and public money taking this to a court, and yet kids are being shot and stabbed in their city left, right and centre, and getting away with it!
It just show how inept the police can be, and why people laugh at them, or have little respect or sympathy for them, when they punish a guy like this, for a so-called "crime".
This kind of thing, is NOT something the police should be wasting time on. Ten or fifteen years ago, if you were caught doing this, you would have simply been told to stop, and then move on, and get warned not to do it again. Jeez, it's not as if this guy was being a major terrorist, or shooting innocent civilians.
Talk about overreacting by the police. Sheesh! Go out and catch some real criminals, you muppets!
Pooch
... But:
- no one was actually harmed
- the owner of the house would never have known about this individual using the Wi-Fi access
- providing that nothing illegal was viewed or downloaded, it's one of those instances when the guy should have been simply told to move on
- he could have been done for trespassing, I guess, but even then...
- if you own a Wi-Fi internet connection, you should secure it! If you don't then anyone could potentially put you in danger of doing some genuinely nasty acts.
I'm now wondering about changing my network from closed to open and renaming it 'Police WiFi Abuse Entrapment System'.I store financial and personal information on my pc and have a wireless network, which is secured and does not broadcast.
Are you suggesting the theft of photons that you could otherwise have employed for your own utility?It is a bit like a kid using the stray light from my windows at night (THAT I PAY FOR) to read a dirty mag
I store financial and personal information on my pc and have a wireless network, which is secured and does not broadcast. I have no neighbours close to me with wireless devices, but a few times I have seen unknown computers on my network, usually when using XBMC. My house backs on to a hotel car park and it is more than likely that it is businessmen using the hotel that are accessing or attempting to access my connection. I have been the victim of identity theft twice in the last year so it is hugely worrying for me.
That's why you have a fuel cap lock ... you don't leave it open do you?I have to pay for my broadband and the speed that's it at. If someone else uses the connection I'm getting less than I'm paying for. In the same way if I fill my car up and someone is siphoning off some of the fuel how can I be happy at that?
That is all well and true but I still support police action in this case. Just because an opportunity is presented, whether due to ignorance or otherwise is no defence if you get caught with your hand in the cookie jarAnd, as others have said, if you buy and install a Wireless Network, but then don't secure it, it's your own fault, really, if someone starts to "piggy-back" off of it. Ditto, if you own a car or house, and leave them unlocked, you can't be entirely blameless if someone steals or breaks into it!
I don't think there is any need to be "cute" - without wanting to sound whatever it is I may sound like right nowhow do we know if its a free wireless hotspot or not?