Re:Hypocrisy (Score 1)

the hypocrisy goes deeper in that...the overriding assumption is not only that the person setting up a network without protecting it is so stupid as to need protection from some ethical code, but also that the person stealing his bandwidth is so smart as to know that he is stealing bandwidth...when the situation could as likely be the opposite: the person setting up the network is the smarter one (and what router guide does not discuss security precautions? really!), and the one 'illegally' taking bandwidth could as likely have no idea (1) that his wireless card is accessing someone else's network (given wireless card defaults) or (2) that an unsecured network is not an invitation (understandable, given that even amongst the pros this is being debated--why would a newbie have a clue about it?)... also: if you're going to assume that the person 'stealing' bandwidth is the smart one, and you're someone not smart enough to secure your network, it would seem the last thing you want to do is mess around with somebody who knows enough to screw you over even harder...