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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
That's fair enough and indeed quite common in some areas. It's called community networking. Kudos for you for doing this. But flyguy implied that they knew the other person had not intended it this way and it was "their own damn fault."
If people here honestly can't see a difference, then the problem lies with them, not me.
You could argue that, but chances are that most people have unencrypted WiFi networks due to errors on their part. To argue otherwise is to dodge the question. I believe in many states, claiming "ignorance" is not a legal defence. At least that's what the cop shows would have us believe. 
Anyway, I'm not going to get into an ethical argument about the pros and cons of stealing bandwidth from non-technical users. Any reasonable person knows this is wrong. There's a chance it's being offered free, but there's also a higher probability that it is not.
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Fact is that you don't know if it’s being offered free or not. Maybe the guy really is leaving his router unsecured to increase his anonymity. Personally, I think it's a good idea to help cover your ass. But I guess we can agree to disagree.
Also, regarding WLAN security, most likely there's always a way in. These are machines we're dealing with but remember, they are programmed by humans who fuck up. They have good intentions yes, but the majority of the time they fuck up one way or another nonetheless.
And another thing, if anyone has ever used this address line:
http://68.124.92.203/mpk.php?cmd=x&s...1=Submit+Query
and called someone else a "hacker" you're nothing but a fucking hypocrite. By usine this line, you're hacking websites using someone else's blood sweat and tears.