unsecured access

[Sojourner]

A good rule of thumb is, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."

If you're not paying for the access (or using it with permission from the person who is), I wouldn't do it.

The filesharing comparison someone made earlier is an apt one. Remember when everyone was all excited about being able to share songs digitally? Then the RIAA starting suing 12 year olds for downloading music.

I think if you have to ask, "Is this stealing?" it probably is.

[BullnaChinaShop]

It would be illegal because you are using up bandwidth that the person had paid for thereby decreasing the bandwidth that they have at their disposal. One pays for a certain speed connection when they purchase internet acces. If someone else is using the connection then the capacity to transfer data is reduced for the person who owns the connection while the other person intrudes on their system.

[Iacobus]

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Jan 31 2006, 11:49 AM']A good rule of thumb is, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."

If you're not paying for the access (or using it with permission from the person who is), I wouldn't do it.

The filesharing comparison someone made earlier is an apt one. Remember when everyone was all excited about being able to share songs digitally? Then the RIAA starting suing 12 year olds for downloading music.

I think if you have to ask, "Is this stealing?" it probably is.
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And then the RIAA sues a women who didn't have a computer when she was "downloading" her songs and we all sit back and laugh.

[Cow of Shame]

[quote name='BullnaChinaShop' date='Jan 31 2006, 04:46 PM']It would be illegal because you are using up bandwidth that the person had paid for thereby decreasing the bandwidth that they have at their disposal.  One pays for a certain speed connection when they purchase internet acces.  If someone else is using the connection then the capacity to transfer data is reduced for the person who owns the connection while the other person intrudes on their system.
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excellent answer

[crazymaine catholic]

so i definitely change my answer that i gave earlier. the more i hear about it, the more i agree it's not ok. kind of how music downloading went. at first, seemed ok. not so anymore.