> This is going to become less and less common, if only because routers/modems distributed by ISP's typically are passworded by default now. In Germany (where I

> This is going to become less and less common, if only because routers/modems distributed by ISP's typically are passworded by default now. In Germany (where I'm staying) it's almost impossible to find an open wifi network anywhere, despite having 20 to choose from at any point in town. Germany is absolutely a Wifi nightmare, I was traveling around Europe last year, and in Poland you could get Wifi basically anywhere, hell, i got online while running form one train to another at some random train station in the middle of nowhere. Then I arrived to Berlin, and what a change, I spent hours trying to find a place to get online. The problem in Germany is totally insane laws, and a population too brainwashed into following every silly rule. In any case, cracking closed Wifi networks is relatively easy, and will (which is why is silly to close your wifi, because if somebody uses it for something nasty, you will have much more trouble showing that it wasn't you, while if it is open everyone understands that anyone could have done it).