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Re: [PLUG] Verizon FIOS & open wireless


<delurk>

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:43:09 -0400, "gabriel rosenkoetter"
<gr@eclipsed.net> said:
> At 2007-10-01 23:11 -0400, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:
> > My guess would be when it became popular to hijack/hack connections.
> Can you produce a single shred of evidence that this has "become
> popular"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggybacking_%28internet_access%29

> > if this were the 50's (yes, my wireless has tubes), I'd be right there
> > with you.  Unfortunately I'm kinda stuck with the belief that if you
> > leave a door open, people will start coming through it (in a bad way).
> You believe this. Do you have proof of it?

See above... everybody's doing it...

</delurk>
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