This guy stole. It's sorta like if you saw a Wells Fargo truck with the back door open, took a couple of money bags, then told the driver, "Hey, you're back door is open."
He didn't have permission to use their bandwidth. He stole it. How would everyone here feel if someone wrote a program that would use our bandwidth/processor power without our consent? So what if he only used a small portion of their network, bandwidth, etc. They can charge whatever they want for their services. THEY OWN THEM! How much money would YOU want for your bandwidth? If someone was using my computer/bandwidth and possibly slowing down my work, I sure as hell would want some compensation.
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so by this way of thinking a bank doesn't become "secure" unless you try to steal some money from it, right?
This guy stole. It's sorta like if you saw a Wells Fargo truck with the back door open, took a couple of money bags, then told the driver, "Hey, you're back door is open."
I think you'd be arrested too.
He didn't have permission to use their bandwidth. He stole it. How would everyone here feel if someone wrote a program that would use our bandwidth/processor power without our consent? So what if he only used a small portion of their network, bandwidth, etc. They can charge whatever they want for their services. THEY OWN THEM! How much money would YOU want for your bandwidth? If someone was using my computer/bandwidth and possibly slowing down my work, I sure as hell would want some compensation.