[X4U] Man arrested for using Open Wireless network (was Re: Wireless "theft" )

[Ted Burton]

At 11:17 PM +0100 on 7/7/05, Stroller spoke about Re: [X4U] Man 
arrested for using Open Wireless network (was thusly:

>The defendant asked for permission to use the network when he 
>requested an IP address via DHCP broadcast. The router gave him an 
>IP address and offered itself as a gateway; the defendant then asked 
>the router to forward his packets to the internet for him. It would 
>be trivial for the router to have denied any of these requests, so 
>it clearly and expressly gave him permission.

Interesting.

Of course, a router is not a human intelligence, nor is it 
deliberately appointed by  its owner to give away value belonging to 
its owner. It is rather like a robot in that regard, knowing only 
what it is manufactured and configured to do. I would not myself wish 
people to obtain access to my living room to watch television on my 
television set because someday a robot that can open the door and let 
people in has not been taught how not to do that.
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