Nope, I just bought this headset out of the box stood withing 500 feet of 133 Robinson st and viola! a dial tone.. I did nothing more than this guy..
Then you would be accessing a device with a security flaw, not an absence of security by design.
Big difference if you intend to pass the bill for the calls you are making on to the folks who live at that address.
The coffee shop was giving away the signal. There was no expectation of payment for the service...
Does the house at 133 Robinson St. have a big sign that says “Free Phone Service” and an owner that says “I don’t care if he uses my service , I have a fixed rate phone plan?”
“Nope, I just bought this headset out of the box stood withing 500 feet of 133 Robinson st and viola! a dial tone.. I did nothing more than this guy..”
Cordless phones and base stations negotiate a shared key code for access.
Your scenario is very unlikely. If it happened then it’s the fault of the manufacturer, since you could be on the far side of your house form the base station and pick up your neighbors cordless phone signal by mistake, because the signal was stronger.