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Theft of WiFi hasn't been tested in court ...give it a go 😉 I would tell her work if they want to get internet installed go ahead otherwise go stuff themselves!!!
If everything's IPV6 enabled then anything IPV6 going over the link would most likely have part of your MAC addy as part of the address. OK the ISP wouldn't be able to trace, but there would be a telltale sign.
Surely to trace back to you they'd need to get a warrant to go round every computer within range of the wireless and check to see if the details match? Can't see that one happening!
I don't secure my wireless, so if you live in HP19 come knock on my door 🙂
Only my two immediate neighbours can 'see' it, and we all are on unlimited Virgin - so I ain't worried, and all laptops fully secured.
Maybe they do know what they are doing and are logging all data to get passwords :p
If you have signed up for BTFon and they are too then you can use theirs I guess - as long as you have started to pay: https://www.bt.com/wifi/secure/index.do?s_cid=con_FURL_btfon
[i]If everything's IPV6 enabled then anything IPV6 going over the link would most likely have part of your MAC addy as part of the address[/i]
Yeah, there'll be lots of IPV6 traffic going over it. 😉
And of course, if you really felt paranoid you could easily alter your MAC address before connecting.
my network is called 'stoptryingtostealmywifiyou****s'
but spelt right
and the password is well rude and offensive
Theft of WiFi hasn't been tested in court ..
Yes, it has. s125 of Communications Act. First conviction in 2005. http://www.bailii.org/uk/other/journals/Script-ed/2009/6_2_SCRIPT-ed_355.html at 3.1.
Very rarely prosecuted, though. If I were in the OP's position I would just do it.
You could of course find a neighbour who has BT Fon: http://www.btfon.com/
speaking of funny network names. someone in our office tethers his phone and his network is called 'Pretty fly for a wi-fi'
made me chuckle
If everything's IPV6 enabled then anything IPV6 going over the link would most likely have part of your MAC addy as part of the address. OK the ISP wouldn't be able to trace, but there would be a telltale sign.
Yeah because the ISP will know their customers MAC address. They are also are going to go to the hassle of tracing who's connected to customers connection. It's just not going to happen on top of that MAC is not an IP trace. The point of the fail is that IP tracing would only show up which customer had that IP.