Point taken
I have actually done the introducing thing before in a different instance. Turns out it was the wrong apartment, and I couldn't figure out who the hell it belonged to.
Matter of fact, I'd gladly share the cost - it would be pretty damn cheap. But I have no clue how to figure out if it's someone in my own building, someone in the building next to mine... etc etc.
The only reason I thought about accessing an unsecured connection is I pretty much only use the internet to surf, chat, and email - not much downloading here - just harmless stuff that wouldn't even be noticed.
My roommate is ripping me off. She expects me to pay $50/month AFTER splitting the cost between the two of us. Before I moved in, she had already signed a contract for one of those package deals where TV + Internet = cheaper. Except she only applies the discount to her TV portion of things (I opted out of the TV deal). Long story short, we got into a slight tiff when I confronted her about it, so I told her to count me out for the internet from there on in.
And I think that's enough tangential, useless information. Heh. Thanks for trying to help.
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Originally Posted by Dilbert1234567
Seriously, don’t join a network you don’t trust, all your traffic is at the whim of the person who controls it. They could just as well be copying all your data that you download and upload. emails, passwords, even encrypted traffic is at risk such as banking, its hard, but you are leaving your self open to a man in the middle attack.
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Really now? Even if I have a firewall? (That probably sounds really naive, but I honestly don't know.)