View Full Version : Looks like you cant nick your neighbours wifi anymore
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/18/nwifi118.xml
Have the police got fuck all else to do, is there no real crime in Redditch.It's the wifi owners own fault for not putting their own security in place....
I bet the house holder doesn't leave his door open when he goes out... so he shouldn't leave his wifi connection unprotected..:cheers2:
Have the police got fuck all else to do, is there no real crime in Redditch.It's the wifi owners own fault for not putting their own security in place....
I bet the house holder doesn't leave his door open when he goes out... so he shouldn't leave his wifi connection unprotected..:cheers2:
So from what you say then if he did leave his door open with no security its his own fault if he gets burgled and the police should do nothing, even if they know who did it.
redwhiteandblue
04-18-07, 03:07 PM
Bollocks I suppose I'll have to get me own broadband now then.
Bollocks I suppose I'll have to get me own broadband now then.
JT said "you can't" well you can, just don't get caught ;)
So from what you say then if he did leave his door open with no security its his own fault if he gets burgled and the police should do nothing, even if they know who did it.
you would have to be a pretty thick cunt to leave your door open when you went out... the point is most people wouldn't leave their home unprotected but they will leave their broadband connection unprotected, probably cause they are lazy. An dyes I would expect the police to investigate a burglary, probably not very well but all the same investigate..:cheers2:
Bradderzzz
04-18-07, 03:22 PM
Nearly all routers have at least wep on out of the box now. Normally you'd have to want to leave the connection available to all to do it.
I usually block anything but my mac address on my home network tho just incase.
i leave my car unlocked at the moment as its broken down (damm computer), the last time i had a car broken into they made more damage getting in than the cost of anything inside.
you would have to be a pretty thick cunt to leave your door open when you went out... the point is most people wouldn't leave their home unprotected but they will leave their broadband connection unprotected, probably cause they are lazy. An dyes I would expect the police to investigate a burglary, probably not very well but all the same investigate..:cheers2:
I doubt most people even know people can jump on their connection.
Well there you go, the police did investigate and arrested someone...job done
you would have to be a pretty thick cunt to leave your door open when you went out... the point is most people wouldn't leave their home unprotected but they will leave their broadband connection unprotected, probably cause they are lazy. An dyes I would expect the police to investigate a burglary, probably not very well but all the same investigate..:cheers2:
So I'm a thick cunt am i???? LOL
Depends where you live....... just keep my address from geezer, he's always threatening to come down and turn my place over..... and 40" Sony LCD tv's are so light these days, he'd have no probs in carting it away...
So I'm a thick cunt am i???? LOL
Depends where you live....... just keep my address from geezer, he's always threatening to come down and turn my place over..... and 40" Sony LCD tv's are so light these days, he'd have no probs in carting it away...
No I don't think your'e a thick cunt, but I suppose if you leave your door open and you get robbed I don't suppose the insurance company would pay out.
BTW Geezer if you do nick Gawdi's gear i'll give £50 for the telly............second 'and innit:cheers2:
i thought there was already a case where someone got fined £100
I am gonna have to start looking for a broadband provider!
redwhiteandblue
04-18-07, 04:34 PM
I am gonna have to start looking for a broadband provider!
I've already done that gag, do keep up. :rolleyes:
So I'm a thick cunt am i???? LOL
Depends where you live....... just keep my address from geezer, he's always threatening to come down and turn my place over..... and 40" Sony LCD tv's are so light these days, he'd have no probs in carting it away...
Like I would even bother with a 40" :rolleyes:
Like I would even bother with a 40" :rolleyes:
Yeah not worth the effort of syphoning a few tanks of petrol to come down here is it? :cheers2:
Yeah not worth the effort of syphoning a few tanks of petrol to come down here is it? :cheers2:
Sorry to be pedantic Actually it would be "up here" not "down here" as Geezer lives alot further south than you :gaylords:
haha, if the police arrested every person that did that over here, the real criminals would be set free.
Willie_Ekkerslike
04-18-07, 05:58 PM
Like I would even bother with a 40" :rolleyes:
That just reminded me of the old joke bout a Nympho diving in to the Irish Sea coz she's heard mention of an 18" Murphy.
haha, if the police arrested every person that did that over here, the real criminals would be set free.
scaming a popular sport there, is it. and then you complain why sponsors will not allow your places to sign up.
Update
Wi-Fi leechers arrested
OUT-LAW News, 18/04/2007
Two people have been arrested in the UK for using another person's wireless internet access without permission. Neither was charged but both were cautioned for dishonestly obtaining electronic communications services with intent to avoid payment.
Both people, a man and a woman, were arrested in Redditch in Worcestershire in two unrelated incidents weeks apart. Local police said that residents should make sure their wireless networks are encrypted to avoid others using their systems.
On Saturday police were called to a house because a man was sitting inside a car using a laptop computer with cardboard around his windows. Suspicious neighbours called the police, who found that he was using the wireless internet signal from one of the houses.
Using someone else's wireless internet service without their permission breaks the Communications Act, which prohibits dishonestly obtaining a communications service.
Communications Act 2003, section 125
Dishonestly obtaining electronic communications services
(1) A person who-
(a) dishonestly obtains an electronic communications service, and
(b) does so with intent to avoid payment of a charge applicable to the provision of that service,
is guilty of an offence.
While many people may not mind someone using some of their bandwidth, allowing someone else to use a network presents a risk for the network owner.
Struan Robertson, editor of OUT-LAW.COM and a technology lawyer with Pinsent Masons, said: "The illegal acts of a stranger, such as hacking or visiting sites containing child pornography, will be traced to the network owner. That owner stands a good chance of losing his computer while it undergoes forensic examination to clear his name. But the worst-case scenario is to be wrongly accused of the crime."
Officer Tony Humphreys of West Mercia Police said: "Wireless networks don't stop at the walls of your home – and so without the necessary protection, your neighbours or people in the road outside may be able to connect to your network. This might slow down your internet service, or more importantly, your internet connection could be used for unlawful purposes."
"We want people to be aware that this is possible and to be vigilant themselves regarding their own broadband connections," said Humphreys.
The second Redditch case involved a woman who was arrested for similar activity last month. She was also cautioned but not charged.
Such cases are still relatively rare, and many users are not aware that using other networks is against the law.
In 2005 Gregory Staszkiewicz was fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge for the same offence in London's Isleworth Crown Court.
Police said that wireless internet users should follow their ISP's instructions on how to secure their home networks.
txt3rob
04-20-07, 06:48 PM
hahah thank god next door said its ok!
WEP is so easy to crack change ya WEP to WPA2 and its sorted :)
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