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Piggybacking...and how to fend off the pigs

The New York Times recently took a front page swipe at the (Internet) age old question of whether an unprotected wireless network amounts to an open invitation for any piggybacker who happens by with a laptop.

Theft of service? . . . Or victimless "crime" of convenience?

At this point the question has become pretty much a philosophical one: Either you're OK with catch-as-catch-can wireless . . . or you're not. But the story did get me thinking about the issue again.

First off, the Times quoted Edwin Caroso, a 21-year-old Miami Dade College student: "I don't think it's stealing. I always find people out there who aren't protecting their connection, so I just feel free to go ahead and use it." Piggybacking . . . and how to fend off the pigs

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