Re: TV Judge Issues Restraining Order; Threatens Arrest Warrant

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 22:14:45 +0000 BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid>:

This case is amazing at all levels.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0LMEL6_b15o

First, we have a guy suing his neighbor because she
password-protected her wi-fi signal, which he had been leeching off
for free, claiming he's entitled to it because the wi-fi waves are in
the air which belongs to everyone.

When I was doing DSL support, I once took a call from a guy who needed
help configuring his new router. That was a very routine call but when
we got to the part of setting a password, he said he didn't want to
encrypt his signal. I warned him that he was opening himself up to
neighbours stealing his WiFi and that stealing WiFi was a felony in
some jurisdictions. He said he already knew that because he was a
police officer and that it was a class D felony (I think that's the
specific class he cited) in his state, which I believe was
California. I finished helping him configure his router without
encrypting the signal. I think he was the ONLY customer I ever had that
wanted his signal unencrypted in nearly 4 years!

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