Comment Re:Tech Novice? (Score 1) 724
Having four computers in his house means absolutely nothing.
My father, a disabled 50 y/o construction worker, has five computers in his living room. Why does he have so many? Because he plays Everquest. Any time I go visit him, he is sitting in front of a computer while playing Everquest on three computers simultaneously, and my younger brother and sister are usually playing right beside him.
He has managed to network all five computers, and using the Windows Internet Connection Sharing to provide Internet access to his network, but if you asked him how he secures his computers and his network, he would merely answer that he runs AV software and Spybot SD. He does not even understand the difference between a DVD-Rom and CD-Rom.
If he were to purchase a NAT router, he would undoubtedly purchase a wireless one (despite not using wireless). Said router would remain in it's default configuration until I fixed it.
Is this guy guilty? Only he knows. Is his story plausible? Certainly. More than one person has questioned why someone would wardrive to share a movie, but that doesn't have to be the case. It could easily be one of his neighbors, who, picking up his wireless signal, chose to use it rather than paying for his own connection.
My father, a disabled 50 y/o construction worker, has five computers in his living room. Why does he have so many? Because he plays Everquest. Any time I go visit him, he is sitting in front of a computer while playing Everquest on three computers simultaneously, and my younger brother and sister are usually playing right beside him.
He has managed to network all five computers, and using the Windows Internet Connection Sharing to provide Internet access to his network, but if you asked him how he secures his computers and his network, he would merely answer that he runs AV software and Spybot SD. He does not even understand the difference between a DVD-Rom and CD-Rom.
If he were to purchase a NAT router, he would undoubtedly purchase a wireless one (despite not using wireless). Said router would remain in it's default configuration until I fixed it.
Is this guy guilty? Only he knows. Is his story plausible? Certainly. More than one person has questioned why someone would wardrive to share a movie, but that doesn't have to be the case. It could easily be one of his neighbors, who, picking up his wireless signal, chose to use it rather than paying for his own connection.
