Thread: Need a "NEWBIE" question answered!
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2008-03-17 , 20:23
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Originally Posted by synch View Post
I am just wondering but how do you guys know if the spots you are getting are free or not?.. I am thinking of getting one but would not want to get in trouble for stealing or what not ...
AFAIK there's no way to tell, nless the WiFi provider puts up a banner page that says it's free (I don't and yet, my WiFi cloud is free). The whole legislation around this issue is totally f*cked up, with people coming up with bogus analogies of "unlocked front doors" ilk.
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