There have been arrests made around the world of people using someone else’s unsecured wifi. This itself is a gray area, but what about people using wifi cellphones?
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I was in an unfamiliar place and someone rang my review Skype phone and I answered the call as if I had a cell phone. But wait a minute, how did I manage to get a connection? After some further investigation I determined that the phone was automatically configured to connect any “open” Wi-Fi network it can find. |
It all falls back to the owner of the access point. If you’re not going to protect it, its your fault if, for example, illegal activities are performed on your connection. The insurance companies treat you the same way with car theft. If you leave your keys in it and your vehicle is stolen, generally they won’t cover you. Until there are specific rules or laws made on the subject of open wifi, just hope you aren’t in the wrong place at the wrong time.
External Link:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=699
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