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Turning Network Free-Riders' Lives Upside Down

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shake-it-like-an-etch-a-sketch dept.

An anonymous reader writes "You discover that your neighbours are using your unsecured wireless network without your permission. Do you secure it? Or do you do something more fun? A few minutes with squid and iptables could greatly improve your neighbours' Web experience ..." Improve is a relative term, but this is certainly gentler than certain other approaches.

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  1. Wow by Zebra_X · · Score: 0, Troll

    You discover that your neighbours are using your unsecured wireless network without your permission.

    RIIIGHT. With free hot spots all over the place how is one supposed to distinguish, free from not-free, or even not to be used. There is really no way to know, unless you can't connect.

    Shame on anyone for leaving an access point open and exepecting that no one will use it. Furthermore, it's not very nice to leave it open and then mess with the connection.

  2. Re:Goats by NSIM · · Score: 0, Troll

    I hope you continue to feel so charitable when the feds come knocking on your door to ask about those child porn site vistis tracked back to your router's external IP address.

  3. Soviet by coaxeus · · Score: 1, Troll

    In soviet Russia, the wifi leeches you.

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    My name is coaxeus, and I approve this message. In fact, I think it is awesome.