Yeah, it's not common knowledge how the law works for public providers. Most people just know that keeping their own WiFi unprotected is dangerous. That said,

Yeah, it's not common knowledge how the law works for public providers. Most people just know that keeping their own WiFi unprotected is dangerous. That said, this seems to slowly change. Long-distance bus services have sprung up recently (I think there was a change in regulations) and a lot of them provide free, no-hassle open WiFi. Of course they tend to block the big streaming sites (e.g. YouTube) due to the bandwidth limitations, but it's still better than the WiFi you get on long-distance express trains (which requires you to have an account with the network provider and AFAIK isn't free).