[AusNOG] Google creepier than Conroy?

[Pinkerton, Eric]

>It's considered to be neighbourly to open your WiFi and it some what protects you against government accusations of  piracy as who was using the WiFi in open WiFi is hard to pin down.

This is known as the cheerleader defence, and if you have to depend upon it when some 'unneighbourly' neighbour uses your naivety to upload child pornography your mileage may vary!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/06/wireless_security_cheerleader_defence/

;-)

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