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If you do this,
a) You're a hacker (and not in the positive meaning of the word)
b) You're a thief (in the negative meaning of the word)
c) You should know better
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Not necessarily. I run an open WiFi node as a service to my neighbors and as an act of self-protection.
My neighbors get free broadband access if they want it, and I get the necessary 'shadow of a doubt' about who was at the keyboard (or even, whose keyboard was in use!) when the latest GreenDay album was downloaded... well, perhaps when it was uploaded. It's apparently completely legal to download music here in Canada... uploading may or may not be.
Either way, having an open WiFi node in my home enhances the anonymous nature of the internet for users who wish to remain anonymous, and it's being provided intentionally. If I find another open WiFi node, I can only assume that it is intentionally configured that way - I see no reason to think otherwise.