LouB wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>> letterman@invalid.com wrote:

>>> I'd
>>> like to find a nearby free connection so I can download large files.
>>> For example, at home on dialup it takes well over an hour to download
>>> a 15meg file, where using the WIFI only takes a few minutes. I could
>>> even watch Youtube videos on this laptop, which at home I can only
>>> watch them after I download them to my own harddrive.
>>
>> I disagree with this usurpation of the bandwidth of others. You are
>> saying that you want to make heavy usage of the bandwidth of others who
>> have chosen to configure their network insecurely.

>> Your usage of someone else's bandwidth is not 'casual'. It is a heavy
>> intentional usage which will impact on others,

>> What exactly is keeping you from subscribing to better bandwidth than
>> dialup at home?

> Too cheap or too poor, but then he just got a laptop.

Just to make my arguments clear; I'm not disagreeing with the basic
premise of wardriving.

I'm also not disagreeing with his usage of the library's bandwidth and
connectivity as long as that usage is appropriate.

What I am disagreeing with is his seeking out and finding some insecure
network in his local neighborhood and usurping that network's bandwidth in
a thoughtless, selfish, greedy manner. The idea that every insecure
network is just there for the plucking of many many gigabytes to the
detriment of the owner or clients of that insecure network by a selfish
thoughtless usurper seems to me to be unethical and thus immoral.

The idea that anything that isn't illegal or, even if illegal, if you can
get away with it, must be OK, doesn't suit me.



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Mike Easter