interesting thread.

I had a few thoughts as I was reading

How likely is it that the network owner will ever know it is YOU using their open wifi? Obviously they would first have to find you before they can prosecute you.

One concern not mentioned yet here is that you probably are risking that the network owner could be hacking your devise while you are using his network. I would think this is a bigger risk to you than being prosecuted for using his network.

Sort of a side thought here, but you guys are bringing up land analogies. In the realm of land ownership, if my neighbor uses part of my land without my permission for a long enough time, he then is allowed the right to continue to use the land. It's called adverse posession as I recall. I'm not saying such a thing would apply to wireless networks, but I suppose it could. I know, probably not. Please don't take this one too seriously.

So I find an antenna that I can pick up wireless networks with. It makes it possible to receive WIFI. Am I going to be able to send data?


Starbucks network isn't free. Darn


Neil