Man arrested for stealing broadband

espresso

Article here.

david29dpo

its begs the question why do people not secure there connection?

JayTee99_2

Whatever next? fining people for throwing away too much rubbish?

but seriously, without the guy's admission, i think it would have been extreemely difficult to prove intent!
i'm afraid i don't have much sympathy for people who can't be bothered to secure their wifi.
Really, i suppose these headline grabbers are just intended to shake that complacency.

robnye

or take a child to court for throwing a cocktail sausage at you...... mmmmmmm

telephone_man

When Im shopping on a Saturday afternoon I pop into Curry's to watch the full time footy scores. Does that mean that I should be arrested for watching their tv??

peter999

JayTee99 wrote: »

Whatever next? fining people for throwing away too much rubbish?

robnye wrote: »

or take a child to court for throwing a cocktail sausage at you...... mmmmmmm

telephone_man wrote: »

When Im shopping on a Saturday afternoon I pop into Curry's to watch the full time footy scores. Does that mean that I should be arrested for watching their tv??

Yes, yes & yes. :rotfl:

peter999

normanmark

david29dpo wrote: »

its begs the question why do people not secure there connection?

Of course, but still theft is theft & needs to be investigated the right way still by the authorities.

C_Ronaldo

Yep ive been telling someone i know to stop using someone elses connection but he wont listen to me, ive told him of the consequences, i think he doesnt care,

peter999

normanmark wrote: »

Of course, but still theft is theft & needs to be investigated the right way still by the authorities.

Why waste the time & money ??

Most trivial cases are dropped eventually.

If you listened to wrong radio/tv station, do you think they should be prosecuted ??

peter999

peter999

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

Yep ive been telling someone i know to stop using someone elses connection but he wont listen to me, ive told him of the consequences, i think he doesnt care,

It's floating in the air, waiting to be taken.

peter999

A_Nice_Englishman

peter999 wrote: »

Why waste the time & money ??

Most trivial cases are dropped eventually.

If you listened to wrong radio/tv station, do you think they should be prosecuted ??

peter999

So you'd be happy if a stranger used your connection, causing you to exceed your bandwidth limits and be 'throttled' or charged extra? What if they used your connection for some illegal activity and the police came knocking at your door?

Don't understand the reference to radio / TV stations. They are designed to be available to everyone and WANT people to watch / listen to them.