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ChrisBoom
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21st Sep 08 at 18:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Stealing someone elses wireless?

Im sitting outside a hotel in my village on the laptop now, feel guilty as fuck
XSIHardy
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21st Sep 08 at 18:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tbh i dnt think they will notice ..
shaunmods
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21st Sep 08 at 18:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've always wondered this. If my wireless doesnt work i just connect to next doors one
Jambo
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21st Sep 08 at 18:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if you where stealing my wifi id probably ask you to stop, but in the end its not that bad unless you were 24/7 pluygged in
ChrisBoom
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21st Sep 08 at 18:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Ah well, ive only been on for half an hour, so its all good
Gsi_Ire
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21st Sep 08 at 18:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hotels? doubt very. they normally have open networks for guests/patrons.

now, i have heard of 2 cops arresting a fella over there in england for sitting outside someones house and doing it!
daniellePEC
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21st Sep 08 at 18:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yep it was in the papers not so long back that they prosecuted a man who was sitting outside someones house using their broadband....
I think mine is being used by someone else, but wouldnt have any idea which neighbour it would be....
Hammer
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21st Sep 08 at 18:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Guilty as fuck is a bit strong i think
Graham88
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21st Sep 08 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Someone phoned the Police before when I was sitting outside their house stealing their wireless

I got a right bollocking
daniellePEC
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21st Sep 08 at 18:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just a thought, but why not sit in mcdonalds car park, they have free wi-fi
XSIHardy
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21st Sep 08 at 18:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is there any way to set up that u steal multi banwith?

as in like a little bit of each computer with in ur network area?
daniellePEC
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21st Sep 08 at 18:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how do you know when someone is stealing your wireless anyway?
Carl
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21st Sep 08 at 18:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by daniellePEC
how do you know when someone is stealing your wireless anyway?


If your internetz starts slowing down.
daniellePEC
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21st Sep 08 at 18:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have a BT homehub and the wireless light flashes alot, does that mean anything?
Kurt
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21st Sep 08 at 19:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by daniellePEC
just a thought, but why not sit in mcdonalds car park, they have free wi-fi


ive done that while sat in the grill order on my ipod
Adam-D
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21st Sep 08 at 19:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i dont have wifi
Ben D
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21st Sep 08 at 22:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how do you steal peoples WIFI on security guarded networks???
Ren
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben D
how do you steal peoples WIFI on security guarded networks???


It's not impossible, but pretty damn hard and very illegal. Breaking into someones secure network is 10x worse then just using an unsecured network in the eyes of the law.
Ben D
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21st Sep 08 at 22:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I doubt it's one of their top priorities however, besides how could they find out? pin point it to your computer?

John
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21st Sep 08 at 22:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You can only currently break wep encryption, wpa you can't (i'm sure somebody somewhere has done it at least in theory but joe blogs certainly can't).

They could technically pinpoint your computer yes.
Ren
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Every router has logs of each piece of hardware that connects to it, via the MAC address (which is unique to that piece of hardware) so yes. They could pin point it to your computer.

As John says, I've never heard of someone breaking into a WPA encrypted network, but I have broken into MY OWN NETWORK when I was using WEP because I was sure someone else was using it. It's easier then you think.
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21st Sep 08 at 22:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
could always park by maccdonalds
Graham88
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22nd Sep 08 at 00:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've only ever 'hacked' a network by guessing the WEP key. It's their own fault for having it as 'password'
dannymccann
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22nd Sep 08 at 07:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not really hacking Graham
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22nd Sep 08 at 07:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've logged into someones network, gone into the router admin when no password was set, changed it and then set up WPA encryption for my laptop. Must have been at least a week before they reset the router

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