Hang on a second, O Lord of Sarcasm..

YOU have every right to provide free wifi. If you choose to do so, then cripes, do the smart thing and make the SSID obvious. Solved.

For a crime to be prosecuted, SOMEone has to act as the victim. In your case, you're deliberately choosing not to. Ergo, no legal problem. Not for you. Not for your beneficiaries.

On the other hand, consuming bandwidth without *some* sort of permission, tacit or overt, IS theft of services. Period. Those who like to rationalize their way out of that simply don't have a legal leg to stand on. They can argue their view on idiots who don't protect their service but under current law they'll get nowhere.

Now... maybe SOMEday providing unprotected wifi without obvious permission/identification will be the virtual equivalent of leaving your keys in your car for the next desperate thief or GTA fan to enjoy. But we're not there yet. So for crying out loud, people, just err to the side of caution. Exactly how hard is that, after all?

This subject continues to confound me...