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If everyone had an open router, there would be no way the police could pinpoint you for crimes commited on your line.
That is ABSOULTLY FALSE, as EVERY PACKET will contain the IP address assigned to YOUR ROUTER, and can be tracked directly to your doorstep.
Every crime committed by anyone connected to your router via wireless will in fact track directly back to you, and only to you, and you will not even be able to prove anyone else ever connected through your router.
Of course after you sit in a jail cell for days, and every computer, smart phone, iPad, etc. in your house is gone through, and 10's of thousands of dollars, the lack of evidence on your computers charges will probably be dropped.
Of course if everyone had an open router, there would be such an astounding growth in the trading of music and kiddy porn, without the fear of being tracked, it could overwhelm the agencies trying to stop it.
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Originally Posted by wrcousert
The benefits outweigh the risks.
The benefit is ONLY for the leaches and the criminals, the risks for people stupid enough open (or leave open) their WiFi can be life changing, prison, financial ruin, going through life as a registered sex offender.
It isn't hard to figure out how to get the front door of someones home or apartment broken down and angry men with guns slam them to the floor and haul them off to jail, taking computers with them, possibly within a couple of hours. The only technical expertise needed would be to connect to an open wireless network.
Life is not facebook and tweets, survival disconnected is actually possible, and enjoyable.
Last edited by Asheville Native; 05-02-2011 at 05:24 PM..
Then they can get a data plan on their phone to check their email.
Still hoping you are going to enlighten us by answering my previous question, which you said could be done.
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Originally Posted by Brill
Figuring this out is not as impossible as you might think.
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Originally Posted by Asheville Native
If you know something about networks, and detecting a wireless host connection after the fact, and how to track that back to the individual user please share that with us.
I've worked in networking since the early 90's and based on everything I know about how they work, I say it can't be done. If it can, I really would like to know how to do it, if you would please share that information.
Thanks
Do you know something about how this can be done that I don't understand?
Now before most of you go nuts and say this is the stupidest idea since the Obama administration decided to produce a Pakistani version of Sesame Street, read the article and think about it and think of the ramifications of open WiFi routers...
What are your thoughts?
I think its the stupidist idea ever!
People tend to abuse things they think cant be tracked back to them.. (Downloading illegial stuff they wouldnt do on thier own network)
That is ABSOULTLY FALSE, as EVERY PACKET will contain the IP address assigned to YOUR ROUTER, and can be tracked directly to your doorstep.
Every crime committed by anyone connected to your router via wireless will in fact track directly back to you, and only to you, and you will not even be able to prove anyone else ever connected through your router.
There may be some positive trend in the theft of IP over a wireless connectioin...
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District Court Judge Harold Baker has denied a copyright holder the right to subpoena the ISPs of alleged copyright infringers, because an IP-address does not equal a person.
Among other things, Judge Baker cited a recent child porn case where the US authorities raided the wrong people, because the real offenders were piggybacking on their Wi-Fi connections. Using this example, the judge claims that several of the defendants in VPR's case may have nothing to do with the alleged offense either.
It may hold the RIAA off, but let someone download some kiddie porn, send a threatening email to a government leader from your IP address, and you will have nice look at the carpet in your living room while you are being trussed up like a roasting hen by men with badges, guns and no sense of humor as they load you and all your computers up for a trip downtown.
True if you didn't do it, you will likely be set free, but your computers trashed, legal bills, loss of job, shunned by neighbors to show for your laziness or ignorance. Sure the chances are remote, but it is like wearing your seat-belt, at the moment it is needed it's too late.
Secure your damn WiFi and avoid the risk.
Even if it became a constitutional right that you could not be even questioned for anything that occurred from your IP address, they might as well take all the child porn laws off the books also because they to would be immune from the laws.
Adjusting or ignoring laws to protect the stupid is counter productive. It gives the criminials the anonymity they crave, dramatically increases the possible number of victims, and gives the stamp of approval to stupid behavior.
It may hold the RIAA off, but let someone download some kiddie porn, send a threatening email to a government leader from your IP address, and you will have nice look at the carpet in your living room while you are being trussed up like a roasting hen by men with badges, guns and no sense of humor as they load you and all your computers up for a trip downtown.
True if you didn't do it, you will likely be set free, but your computers trashed, legal bills, loss of job, shunned by neighbors to show for your laziness or ignorance. Sure the chances are remote, but it is like wearing your seat-belt, at the moment it is needed it's too late.
Secure your damn WiFi and avoid the risk.
Even if it became a constitutional right that you could not be even questioned for anything that occurred from your IP address, they might as well take all the child porn laws off the books also because they to would be immune from the laws.
Adjusting or ignoring laws to protect the stupid is counter productive. It gives the criminials the anonymity they crave, dramatically increases the possible number of victims, and gives the stamp of approval to stupid behavior.
I agree and support your comments.
My router allows only two dynamic IP's, one for each of my connected devices. WIFI is disabled and I use MAC assignment for allowed access to the router.
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