Is using your neighbour's broadband Wi-Fi theft?
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Is it borrowing or stealing?
Many people have tried to argue that it's simply a case of taking something that doesn't belong to you and to me that is absolute nonsense! Is it possible you're stealing the neighbour's light because you're standing outside?
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In my opinion, logging on to someone's unsecured wireless network is NOT theft and how can it be seen as theft when the individual concerned in most cases doesn't even know and doesn't experience any actual loss?
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| 11-4-2008 | I'll try to clarify this from a legal point of view for those that are interested.
The Theft Act 1968 states that it is an offence:- "To dishonestly Appropriate Property belong to another with the intent to permanently deprive them of it"
The police have what are called 'points t...more | Freddie |
| 10-4-2008 | Doesn't 'borrowing' include some form of consent or permission giving by the owner? Without consent, surely it must be theft, regardless of whether you give it back or not! | Stevieboy |
| 09-4-2008 | The joker...No borrowing is not theft, you're right, but diverting a broadband service is theft. You are not borrowing it are you? If you think you are 'only borrowing' it then please tell me what you are returning to the owner??
it's theft, period, no argument, end of story... | Freddie |
| 08-4-2008 | Well there you are Freddie. Borrowing is not theft! I just don't believe anyone would know I highjacked their network for a few minutes anyway.
HA HA HA | The Joker |
| 07-4-2008 | Mike... for your information. Your scenario of borrowing somebodies car would work out as follows.
You could not be prosecution for theft for taking the car. You returned it and therefore did not "permanently" deprive the owner of it. The offence commited is specific to motor vehicles and...more | Freddie |
| 07-4-2008 | Section 13 of the theft act does not only refer to the electricity being used or wasted. It also refers to it being diverted. If you divert the service from its intended use then it is theft. There is no argument in that fact. I know it is as when I was a police officer I nicked a couple of people a...more | Freddie |
| 07-4-2008 | I think it's you that need to GET YOUR LAW RIGHT before you call other people ignoramuses!
"Theft is the illegal taking of another person's property. The use of a network is NOT "property". Borrowing is not theft"
The unauthorised use of a service, such as a network...more | MikeP |
| 06-4-2008 | Using someone else's wifi network is the same as getting on public transport without buying a ticket and using the argument that 'the train was going anyway so one person more makes no difference'. The flaw there is that if everyone did it the revenue to the service provider would drop...more | MikeP |
| 06-4-2008 | Ignoramus: computers, their screens, networks, routers etc, etc all consume more or exactly the same amount of energy, whether they are being used or not.
Theft is the illegal taking of another person's property.
The use of a network is NOT "property". Borrowing is not theft. | Get Your Law Right |
| 06-4-2008 | Kilo Watt Hour....
What a moron you really are!
Nowhere does it say that it is only illegal (stealing is illegal, end of) if a measurable qty is consumed! Thats like saying robbing a bank is ok as long as they dont take too much money!
And as you obviously do not know anything about consumer ...more | Protect your network from thieves! |
| 05-4-2008 | To "steal" electricity, a measurable quantity of electricity has to be consumed. Barging in on someone's open networked WIFI is consuming no more electricity thatn was being consumed whe none wasn't doing this. No electricity was stolen! | Kilo Watt Hour |
| 05-4-2008 | of course it's stealing, your getting a service for free without the isp's permission! | laughing gravy |
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