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has thrown me a bit as I can't see my arguments being analogous to that at all. If anything I would say that my arguments would have put me in the opposite camp.Leaving your access open as there are "No real problems" seems to come from the same mould as "What have you got to hide if you're not in favour of surveillance/ID Cards".
Personally, I think sharing your connection is just being a good neighbor. Think of it as the 21st century equivalent of lending a cup of sugar.
Apollo wrote:I think there's a real case of "What you can't see can't hurt you" with this issue.
Because your connection, your network, your bandwidth, and your account (which YOU will be paying for in the UK, unless you're very fortunate) is being accessed by wireless, you can't see it happening. Nor can you see how many are jumping on to your connection (until your provider cuts you off).
potatojunkie wrote:Apollo wrote:I think there's a real case of "What you can't see can't hurt you" with this issue.
Because your connection, your network, your bandwidth, and your account (which YOU will be paying for in the UK, unless you're very fortunate) is being accessed by wireless, you can't see it happening. Nor can you see how many are jumping on to your connection (until your provider cuts you off).
Wait, what? Only if you go out of your way not to look.
Apollo wrote:Their interest is 100% on how easily they can use the web and email without anything remotely techie getting in the way.
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