I do serve in a predominantly Mormon community. I myself am LDS. I agree that #5 should be ousted. It's not theft of service if they have family or friends staying with them for a short time. Or if they are even just visiting for an hour.
If they are renting out a basement apartment though, then they should have two separate accounts. If they don't secure their wifi and I find out about I first send an email giving them 24 hours to secure it or their service gets shut off. Thank you, Brett A Mansfield > On May 26, 2015, at 12:25 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > But you don't serve in a predominantly Mormon community where the majority of > people have pledged to be fair and honest in dealing with their fellow men. > Trying to poke at the religion button there.... > > -----Original Message----- From: Ken Hohhof > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 12:21 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter > > IMHO the wording of #1 makes you sound too much like an evil ISP. I would > say "appears to law enforcement" not "appears to us". > > Actually, we just say in our TOS that WiFi routers must be secured and not > available for use by the general public. We also say the customer is > responsible for making sure that all users abide by our AUP, which of course > is not possible if they run an open hotspot for anyone to use. > > I would get rid of #5, anyone under 30 is likely to scoff at the legal basis > for "Theft of Service" and will just get pissed off at you. Seriously, > under 30 or not, no one sees using someone's unsecured WiFi as illegal, in > fact many phones will connect to any unsecured WiFi by default. > > > -----Original Message----- From: Chuck McCown > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:01 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] Scary Letter > > Every so often, I send out something similar to the text below. > Critiques welcome > > > A WIRELESS ROUTER IS AN OPEN DOOR TO YOUR HOME > > Most people use a wireless router so they can use their handheld devices. > Wireless routers are great, but there are some very important reasons they > need to be locked down with strong passwords: > > 1) An open WiFi router or sharing your router password allows others to > do illegal things that will be traced with you. Direct Communications > cooperates with law enforcement authorities to track down internet sexual > predators. If the predator is parked near your house using your WiFi signal > from their car, it appears to us to be coming from your home. What will > happen is that the authorities will kick down the door at your house. > > > 2) Outsiders can use your Wifi to attack others or to hack into other’s > computers and accounts. With a strong antenna they can be a half mile away > and still use your WiFi. Again, the activity will register as happening > inside your home. > > > 3) A sophisticated hacker can take over your computers in your home and > make them repositories and servers for child porn, stolen credit card > numbers or any of a plethora of illegal information. You would not even > know it was happening in many cases. > > > 4) An open router allows outsiders to actually see what web pages and > other content you are looking at. > > > 5) Allowing a friend of neighbor to use your WiFi connection and your > internet account is called “Theft of Service”. You are collaborating in > allowing them to commit a crime and your are jeopardizing your own service > too. > > > >