[Tfug] Re: warchalking

[johngalt]

klsmith wrote:
> 
> Tom Rini wrote:
> 
-SNIP-
> >>Maybe!  If I'm setting in the lobby and they have a HOT port there and I
> >>use it to check my mail, why would I not think a HOT port was placed
> >>there for my waiting convenience?
> >>
> >
> >Because the odds are at least equal, if not better that the port is
> >there due to furniture movement/office movement and it just happens to
> >be there.  If there was a phone port too would you plug in a phone and
> >call someone?
> >
> >>Maybe they are nice to the people who wait in their lobby.
> >>
> >
> >Without some sort of sign?   But following your assumptions through,
> >you're going to assume that all of the wide-open wireless networks are
> >there for the convenience of people passing by?
> >
> No Matter what the burden of proof is on the state and they would have a
> very weak case.

Yeah. Just keep on thinking that. When you steal bandwidth to take services 
and files originating from another state, the Feds get involved. Then, the 
Feds get your MAC address from the owner of the system you accessed without 
authorization. (complainant) Armed with court order, they take all your 
electronic equipment and you hire a lawyer.

But wait a minute. You could tell ifconfig to supply a fake MAC address. 
Yeah but if you do that, it does not sound like the intent of an honest 
person.

Would Jesus change his MAC address? No.