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Sure you could -- just drop off a file someplace visible.

by raldi 11y ago

DaFranker 11y ago
> read access
- raldi 11y ago
  If you have their tax returns, you can mail them a letter, or often even phone or email them.
nadams 11y ago
That would require committing a crime (in the US at least). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_piggybacking#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_piggybacking#Unite... This is too funny - why would you admit, to a cop, what you are doing??? You just say you are sitting in your car enjoying a nice day - and it wouldn't be a lie because technically you are. It just so happens you are doing other things as well. > He had been accessing the Internet through a nonprofit agency's network from a car parked nearby and chatted with the police officer about it. If you are thinking "but surely the legal system should understand this concept, right?" > "I had a feeling a law was being broken, but I didn't know exactly what" Or how about the library who didn't mind a patron was using their wireless system - but the police still wanted to press charges: > The library director said that Tanner had not broken any rules, and local citizens criticized police for their actions. From one of the news articles: > The police officer confiscated Tanner's laptop in order to inspect what he may have been downloading, That is a big NO. If a police officer ripped my laptop from my hands - I guarantee it would be a decision we would both regret.
- raldi 11y ago
  I think you meant to attach this reply to some other comment.
  - nadams 11y ago
    No - you said drop off a file somewhere. Connecting to their open AP is a crime in itself. I was trying to point out that the legal system has no idea how to deal with the legalities of accessing APs. Of course, they would have prove I had a malicious intent (assuming they could track me down).
- firethief 11y ago
  So don't sign the file with your real name?

Sure you could -- just drop off a file someplace visible.

by raldi 11y ago

Sure you could -- just drop off a file someplace visible.

DaFranker 11y ago

> read access

raldi 11y ago
If you have their tax returns, you can mail them a letter, or often even phone or email them.

nadams 11y ago

That would require committing a crime (in the US at least). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_piggybacking#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_piggybacking#Unite... This is too funny - why would you admit, to a cop, what you are doing??? You just say you are sitting in your car enjoying a nice day - and it wouldn't be a lie because technically you are. It just so happens you are doing other things as well. > He had been accessing the Internet through a nonprofit agency's network from a car parked nearby and chatted with the police officer about it. If you are thinking "but surely the legal system should understand this concept, right?" > "I had a feeling a law was being broken, but I didn't know exactly what" Or how about the library who didn't mind a patron was using their wireless system - but the police still wanted to press charges: > The library director said that Tanner had not broken any rules, and local citizens criticized police for their actions. From one of the news articles: > The police officer confiscated Tanner's laptop in order to inspect what he may have been downloading, That is a big NO. If a police officer ripped my laptop from my hands - I guarantee it would be a decision we would both regret.

raldi 11y ago
I think you meant to attach this reply to some other comment.
- nadams 11y ago
  No - you said drop off a file somewhere. Connecting to their open AP is a crime in itself. I was trying to point out that the legal system has no idea how to deal with the legalities of accessing APs. Of course, they would have prove I had a malicious intent (assuming they could track me down).
firethief 11y ago
So don't sign the file with your real name?