Brady White » piggybacking http://www.bradywhite.net Adobe Flex/Flash and Life Tue, 18 May 2010 15:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Is it legal to use your neighbor’s wireless internet? http://www.bradywhite.net/2008/02/26/is-it-legal-to-use-your-neighbors-wireless-internet/ http://www.bradywhite.net/2008/02/26/is-it-legal-to-use-your-neighbors-wireless-internet/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:43:56 +0000 Brady White http://bradywhite.net/?p=68 Is It Legal to Use Open Access Wi-Fi Internet Connections? He claimed that the "Internet Privacy Act" made it legal to use your neighbor's wireless access point if it wasn't secured. Too bad the "Internet Privacy Act" was a hoax. Just because your neighbor's front yard isn't being used, it doesn't mean you can go play football on it. Before you go on educating the general public about topics like this, please do one google search.]]> For anyone that is confused about whether or not it is legal to use your neighbor’s wireless internet access point (router), please read this. It is illegal. After being annoyed out of my mind by an acquaintance claiming that it is legal to use your neighbor’s wireless access point if it is unsecured, I did one google search to find this:

Is It Legal to Use Open Access Wi-Fi Internet Connections?

He claimed that the “Internet Privacy Act” made it legal to use your neighbor’s wireless access point if it wasn’t secured. Too bad the “Internet Privacy Act” was a hoax.

Just because your neighbor’s front yard isn’t being used, it doesn’t mean you can go play football on it.

Before you go on educating the general public about topics like this, please do one google search.

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