Moral Dilemma of the day.

[chaotic_nipple]

Is it "Theft" to use someone's unsecured wireless network without their permission? Morally, I mean, not legally. Second moral dilemma: Is it "theft" if the owner copies any passwords, credit card numbers, and interesting porn that send over _his_ network? Personally, I'd have to say "No, not really" "Kinda sorta" "Well, you were pretty much asking for it, so quit whining" to both questions, which is why it's the height of stupidity to either run or use an unsecured network, IMO.

Comments

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

The hobo's extra weight does marginally increase the fuel required to move the train. The bandwidth used by the freeloader will slow down the legitimate users of the network a whole lot more than the hobo will slow down the train.

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

True...but if at no point do those "wronged" notice the difference then, effectively, there is no difference and they can not be said to have been deprived of anything.

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

So, if I take a dollar from your wallet every day, and you never actually notice it, I can keep taking those dollars indefinitely, without it ever actually becoming theft? :-)

[entropy156.livejournal.com]

Nope...because I've been deprived of that dollar. I had it and now I no longer do. The same cannot be said about the internet connectivity. Oh...and I'd shoot you. ;-)