
By Dan Ilett
Published: Friday 22 July 2005
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Name
Marcus Randle
Location
UK
Occupation
Systems Architect
Comment
Could someone please assist Mr Ilett in performing his job, and fill in the rest of the story. In common with a number of people, I use wireless connectivity in a large number of locations, and have the connect to any options set on my devices. Indeed, I have taken advantage of public spirited citizens sharing of connections in London, Manchester and New York. Does this mean I should go straight to court, or is there actually a little more to this story than some poor unfortunate standing too close to an intolerant incompetent while his laptop did the evil of trying to seek a connection?
[Ed note: Good point about free wireless access, Marcus. But we think the important part of Dan's story is the word "dishonestly". These weren't connections meant for just anyone to use.]
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David
Could someone please assist Mr Ilett in performing...
Marcus Randle
One important thing missing from this - was the ne...
Ian
leaving your wlan open poses problems. OK, most bo...
Paul M
David - You've done well to find 3 WLANs from your...
Allan
I too am confused about this. How 'dishonest' is ...
Graham
I think that this is a bad interpretation of the l...
Andrew Howard
This is ridiculous. I leave in a condo and it dep...
Ed Yee
Yes, let's have some more details on this 'dishone...
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Nick Salter
this is madness - should be responsibility of owne...
Simon
I think this case is worth a silicon.com feature a...
Jeremy
This is rediculous! What about the following scen...
George
This is rediculous! What about the following scen...
George
my 2 penneth..
communications act section 125:
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Anonymous
Surely it isn't a private network when its availa...
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