Wi-fi open source.....

LiengLiengZA

LiengLiengZA

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The other day i was sitting home busy on my laptop.all of a sudden it picked up a open source wi-fi server.so i took a chance to connect and it connected.now my question is:how does this affect the other person/company and is it legal?
 
If you have permission to access it, then it would be perfectly legal yes.
It's their own fault leaving it open, do you have internet access through it now?
 
you mean an unprotected signal?

Open Source refers to software that is publicly modifiable! :D

Ja, some idiot does not know how to put a WEP key on his wi-fi or protect it in some other manner. He is gonna lose a lot of bandwidth!

I dunno about the legality, it is probably stealing but... will the cops actually do anything about it... nah!
 
And the owner won't know who is connected and from where. It's considered to be illegal. If you have internet access through it, rape it now! Take advantage of this opportunity!
 
If they dont take the correct steps to secure their WIFI network then it's fair game....
 
blaaislaai said:
And the owner won't know who is connected and from where. It's considered to be illegal. If you have internet access through it, rape it now! Take advantage of this opportunity!
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He can just look at the DHCP table and identify the offending machine. But if he's too daft to leave it unsecured, I highly doubt he'd be able to do that.
 
Ultimately it's their fault for keeping the network open, but if I were you I'd rather stay on the safe side and organize your own internet... There are ways to track the packets and so forth. Plus, would you like someone leeching off your 3GB cap? ...Don't think so ;)
 
Fark, just because it is there, does not give you the right to steal / use it... Man South Africans are becoming low.... Stealing is stealing.
 
its your reponsibilty to secure your router, MOST isp's don't even say that but i have driven around and picked up a lot of unsecured wireless networks with my PSP lol:D
 
You drive around with your PSP? I can only shake my head in pity. There there, you'll find a girlfriend someday :)
 
I agree that the whole argument of "Its your job to secure your router" is lame. I shouldn't have to secure my router, much the same way as I shouldn't need a 5M high wall with electric fencing around my house. The thieves are the wrong ones, not the guys who don't set up defence. Unfortunately that's an ideal though, and there ARE guys who will steal given the opportunity (I'm a casual wardriver myself in fact) - so if you dont want to see your cap disappear, or your pay-as-you-go 3G hit a R10'000 bill, secure your router just to be safe. Ideally we'd be living in a world where usage is uncapped, and we can all happily leave our routers open for passers-by to use sparingly, if they need. Oh wait, that world already does exist *cough* during my stay in the USA there was free wifi everywhere, and their dsl is uncapped *cough* - but our lame country is of course still an exception! :/
 
Teach them a good lesson and cap them.... better they find out sooner than later.

If they have uncapped.... you will have to try harder.

Good luck.
 
Smooth Criminal said:
You drive around with your PSP? I can only shake my head in pity. There there, you'll find a girlfriend someday :)
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lol actually my gf likes driving and i play:rolleyes:...neverless im still stunned that there are many unsecured wireless networks out there...is it a criminal offense to connect to there network and start downloading?:p
 
fragtion_ said:
I agree that the whole argument of "Its your job to secure your router" is lame. I shouldn't have to secure my router, much the same way as I shouldn't need a 5M high wall with electric fencing around my house. The thieves are the wrong ones, not the guys who don't set up defence. Unfortunately that's an ideal though, and there ARE guys who will steal given the opportunity (I'm a casual wardriver myself in fact) - so if you dont want to see your cap disappear, or your pay-as-you-go 3G hit a R10'000 bill, secure your router just to be safe. Ideally we'd be living in a world where usage is uncapped, and we can all happily leave our routers open for passers-by to use sparingly, if they need. Oh wait, that world already does exist *cough* during my stay in the USA there was free wifi everywhere, and their dsl is uncapped *cough* - but our lame country is of course still an exception! :/
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we are living in S.A after all...minimum requirements 5 meter with electric fencing and an alarm ...best thing to do is if your can connect to most hotspot through your isp with free minutes thats were you should your downloads...most of the hotspots has 4 meg lines anyway ...long live casual wardriving lol;-)
 
If you're up for making this sustainable, find your gateway, log into the router (if the wifi has no password, im sure the router's will be default), get the username and password, check their cap and their normal usage per month. If they have enough you could get some nice extra bandwidth for the end of the month. No one loses out and you gain. You could keep it going indefinately if you play your cards right. I take no responsability for how you use this info.
 
Pseudonym said:
If you're up for making this sustainable, find your gateway, log into the router (if the wifi has no password, im sure the router's will be default), get the username and password, check their cap and their normal usage per month. If they have enough you could get some nice extra bandwidth for the end of the month. No one loses out and you gain. You could keep it going indefinately if you play your cards right. I take no responsability for how you use this info.
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:D
 
it shows 108 MB/ps connection.took me like 10min to download 750mb.i think the person has not realised i'm raping his bandwith.Me thinks i've used about 5gig.:D
 
kelevra said:
it shows 108 MB/ps connection.took me like 10min to download 750mb.i think the person has not realised i'm raping his bandwith.Me thinks i've used about 5gig.:D
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108Mbps is the connection speed to the router. I doubt it would take 10 minutes to download 750MB as 4Mbps DSL only downloads at up to about 24MB per minute. The only way you would have got that kind of speed is if you were pulling something off the local network.
 
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