texas pete Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 say there was a wireless network, completely unsecured and you connected to the internet on it. apart from being completely bad mannered, is there anyway to trace who is piggy backing, and if so, what are the possible reprocussions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista_Ed Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 ya get several hard hitting mothafuckas with a pair of pliers and a blow torch coming round ya house and getting medievil on yo ass. beware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 It can be traced, but if someone isn't clued up enough to secure their network they probably wouldn't even notice you're using it. It's an offence under the Computer Misuse Act for which the maximum penalty is a £1,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison. If you got caught, you'd probably end up just getting fined though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted February 27, 2009 Author Share Posted February 27, 2009 im within range of 5 networks, 2 unsecure... but if it cant be traced, how do you get caught?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 It can be traced, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 ohh my bad! i should put my glasses back on! trumpet polisher eh?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 im on a national express coach to gloucester which has wirelesscheck me out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt3r Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 all wireless in unsecured or is that for another thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I heard of h4(k3rz setting up an open wifi network to lure people in and then pick through their computer and stuff... Who knows if that really happens tho... Unless u live next door to steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 It's not terribly difficult to tell if you have an unauthorised user on your wireless network, IF you monitor such things. I don't know many people -even those of a disposition to be rather anal about their home network, who actively monitor who is on their network. At best, as the 'administrator' of a home network who had noticed such an intrusion, you would be in posession of their MAC address (easily spoofed) and in a decent position to capture data packets using a packet sniffer like Wireshark. This isn't terribly useful information unless you know what you are looking for, besides which pretty much all 'interesting' traffic goes over HTTPS anyway (you have enabled https on gmail, haven't you? ) On the whole, i wouldn't be too worried about it. I've always seen unsecured networks as an open invitation to browse, within courtious limits. I've been doing it for four or five years now; sadly wheras two years ago I was able to find unsecure AP's on more or less every residential street, these days it is quite rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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