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UK Police Cracking Down on Broadband Theft

Posted by samzenpus on from the throw-away-the-key dept.

dubculture writes "A 39 year-old man in West London was arrested for dishonestly obtaining free internet access" from an unsecured wireless router nearby. The article discusses a couple of other cases, including one where a fine of £500 (~US$1000) was handed out for, essentially, taking advantage of someone else's inability (read: apathy) towards securing their home network."

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  1. Deeply flawed by Daimanta · · Score: 5, Funny

    This metaphore is deeply flawed. It doesn't contain any cars.

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  2. Re:WTF? by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is just a warning to all you wifi freeloaders in the lobby: Buy some coffee. Or else.

    -The Management

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  3. Re:Preemptive Strike by jfengel · · Score: 4, Funny

    But we're Slashdotters! We only know how to reason by analogy.

    Holding a Slashdot argument without using a flurry of conflicting and dubious analogies is like a car with brakes only on its left wheels... no, wait, it's like a door with a lock that accepts puns as an answer... no, it's like...

  4. Re:No problem by MutantEnemy · · Score: 3, Funny

    all sorts of illegal stuff ... pamphlets critical of the American way of life

    Those are illegal now?

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