No-one is claiming that you're acting criminally by running an open access point, merely stating that you risk opening yourself up to a criminal investigation if someone uses your access point for criminal deeds.<div><br>
</div><div>Being a <b>suspect</b> in a criminal investigation does not make you a criminal. That's why they're called suspects; they're <b>suspect</b>ed of being involved in a criminal act, and it's up to the police to prove beyond reasonable doubt as to who was behind the act. That means eliminating suspects, and that means seizing your computer equipment in order to check your machines, routers and wireless access points for incriminating evidence.</div>
<div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 17:42, Sergiusz Pawlowicz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sergiusz@pawlowicz.name">sergiusz@pawlowicz.name</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 17:12, David Aldred <<a href="mailto:davidaldred@gmail.com">davidaldred@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 30 April 2011 16:50, Sergiusz Pawlowicz <<a href="mailto:sergiusz@pawlowicz.name">sergiusz@pawlowicz.name</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I cannot leave my car unlocked, because by law, I will be responsible<br>
>> for an accident. Do you want to tell me, that through the internet it<br>
>> is possible to create an accident, and additionally, I can be<br>
>> responsible for it, as well?<br>
><br>
> Through allowing anyone who wants it access to your internet connection you<br>
> may well enable people to act criminally, which is worse than an accident.<br>
><br>
> And yes, you're responsible for it. Accepting responsibility as an adult<br>
> for your actions or inaction is a fundamental part of the social contract<br>
> which is the basis of civilisation. Unless, of course, you're a committed<br>
> anarchist, in which case any discussion with you of responsibility and<br>
> society is void.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Again, is socially all right to kill children by remotely controlled<br>
robots, but not social enough to open your internet connection,<br>
because 0.00000001% of society is sick and there is 0.00000001% of<br>
chance, someone not from organized crime (as organized crime has and<br>
always will have free internet access) to use your connection to do -<br>
and to do exactly what? What exactly can be acted "criminally" - as, I<br>
hope, all sensitive government networks are not connected to the<br>
internet?<br>
<br>
S.<br>
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><br>
> --<br>
> David Aldred<br>
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