Submission + - etiquette for stealing wireless
nathandbos writes: "How rude is it to use a neighbor's open wireless access point without permission? I'm staying at my in-laws over the holidays and they don't have a reliable broadband connection. So I've been using an open connection that presumably belongs to one of the neighbors, although I don't know which one. It could be one of seven houses in the vicinity, and I really don't feel like knocking on all of their doors to ask a question most of them wouldn't understand. I don't know any way to figure out who they are electronically.
So I'm just wondering, how much of a social affront is this? I'll propose a bad-neighbor scale that runs from:
1= turning around in neighbor's driveway after 11PM
6= failing to pick up dog poo on their lawn
10= running off with spouse
Where on this scale is using an open wireless connection?"
So I'm just wondering, how much of a social affront is this? I'll propose a bad-neighbor scale that runs from:
1= turning around in neighbor's driveway after 11PM
6= failing to pick up dog poo on their lawn
10= running off with spouse
Where on this scale is using an open wireless connection?"
