My brother recently acquired a new Dell laptop with a wireless network card, that allows him to use the computer to access high-speed service within the range of the card.
The very first thing we did with his new laptop, after I installed all the additional software he needed, was to copy the Stray Cats GH cd. Bingo. I'll listen to it in the truck over the weekend.
His primary service is a dial-up ISP but now, well...all bets are off.
A few weeks back I took a meeting with a guy at a Starbucks who had problems accessing the available starhub wireless service. I sent him off to buy a cuppa and a scone and while he was gone I used Windows to search for any available non-secured nets, found one in the neighborhood, and when he got back to the table, we were solidly online.
Using someone else's connection.
A few months back, my ADSL connection went sour while I needed to upload files to a website. I searched and found an open, unsecured connection, and uploaded the files.
Using someone else's connection.
I've used my laptop in libraries and other locations like HDB flats.
Using someone else's connection.
So what's the woof if Jason uses a slice of a neighbor's web-pie just because he can and just because he lives next door, especially when they're not using their 24-hour always-on connection?
Or if someone uses a slice of mine, especially when my LinSys broadband router shoots a radio signal hither and yon?
Is there a crime here? WTF goes on?
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