[SubGeniusX]

It's time to put an end to this silliness. Using an open WiFi network is no more "stealing" than is listening to the radio or watching TV using the old rabbit ears. If the WiFi waves come to you and can be accessed without hacking, there should be no question that such access is legal and morally OK.

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[gaijin]

Ummmm....I'm pretty sure they should arrest all librarians....and now that I think about it, in giving me hand-me-downs I'm pretty sure my mother deprived Buster Brown of legitimate shoe sales....My mother's a CRIMINAL, right?

Shouldn't we handcuff air for improperly transmitting music?

[AlexW]

“It’s time to put an end to this silliness.”

I am out of my league here, as I have never had a laptop and never used a WiFi connection, but there are many WiFi
systems set up to serve the public at large.
How is one to know which is which?
Here in Bratislava, many cafes advertise free WiFi, and in the same block, the city offers Wifi in the center square.
I see as many as 15 users on park benches with laptops.

I assume that one’s private WiFi can be secured so it should be up to the owner of the network to secure it.

If a neighbor shoots fireworks on the 4th of July, is it against the law for me to watch?