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If you use someone's non-protected wifi for illegal activities, like downloading porn, then the owner of that "hotsport" is responsible at court. (At least in G

• Dylan16807 13y ago
  In the US when you provide wifi to people you are just as protected as your ISP. You might be in violation of your ToS but that's an unrelated issue. What metric does Germany use to distinguish between 'ISP' and 'not ISP' when it comes to providing internet service?
  • arkades 13y ago
    The problem the previous poster was descrbibing wasn ot when you act as an ISP, but when someone manages to log into your wifi (either because it's unprotected or unintentionally vulnerable), and performs criminal activity. The US legal system has reliably shown itself willing to pursue the owner of an IP address, without going to the trouble of showing the owner was in fact the one using the IP for that purpose.
    • Dylan16807 13y ago
      Someone using your wifi means you are Providing Internet Service to them. Is the problem that you're not incorporated? If it's based on IP allocation, what if your home connection has 8 IPs and you give one to each user?
  • X4 13y ago
    If your WiFi get's hacked because it had too low security standards, like WEP, then you're still responsible for what's being done with your line. But you're irresponsible if you have taken care of security by following the router's wizard. There is no such case, that the manufacturer was blamed to offer too low security until now though (afaik).