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Re:Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi by praptak on Friday July 25, 2014 @12:11AM (#8083722)
It's not about following the law with suspect motives. It's about the fact that following the technical protocol does not give you much defense against unlawful access charges.
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Re:Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi by brownbat on Friday July 25, 2014 @08:06PM (#8088318)
That's absolutely correct.

I was responding to the naked phrase "technically allowed," which in hindsight is ambiguous (ie, "allowed under the law via a technicality," or "technologically feasible").

Rereading, I still think I interpreted correctly the first time, but really can't be sure.

Good catch.

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