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> That I use a network to transmit packets? Maybe I'm not understanding this correctly, but if a coffee shop has wifi and you need to enter info into a captiv
by squeaky-clean 9y ago
> That I use a network to transmit packets?
Maybe I'm not understanding this correctly, but if a coffee shop has wifi and you need to enter info into a captive portal before you can use their network, by circumventing it, the "Someone else" is the coffee shop owner, and the hardware is their router.
"Please get off my router if you don't agree to my conditions". "Nah I'm just using DNS, it's fine" probably is not an admissible excuse.
- gsich 9y agoThe assumption from the coffee shop is that wifi == internet == browser, which is not true. Why should I open the browser if I don't need it?
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoDo you dispute that a coffee shop providing WiFi with a captive portal only intends to provide web access through that portal? Just as they only intend customers to take sugar packets for use in their coffee, etc.. If the shop don't intend the use its not authorised. Your ethical framework may not put any value on that lack of authorisation, but you see the action is unauthorised, surely?