[geeks] Unsecured Wifi connections now illegal in part of India.

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, der Mouse wrote:

>> More time than someone who is doing 'war-driving' is willing to spend
>> to break in, I'd bet.  I suspect that enough people leave their Wi-Fi
>> open that it's simply not worth their while to do anything more than
>> driving to the next block.
>
> Currently?  I think you're right.  If running an open wifi becomes an
> offense carrying a heavy enough penalty (in practice) to have any real
> tendency to `deny "bad guys" that particular form of annonymous
> Internet access' (as it was put upthread, typo and all), I expect that
> to change.

Ah, yes, the law of unintended consequences.  Just like the over-use of
antibacterial chemicals has caused an increase in stronger germs, an
over-use of not-really-security will cause an increase in bad guys who are
capable of penetrating it.

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