Mike Easter wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
Agreed since he says he wants to d/l 15meg files.
In which case he should go to a public hot spot like Perkins.

Lou