Two cautioned over wi-fi 'theft'

[engine]

Two people have been cautioned for using people's wi-fi broadband internet connections without permission.
Neighbours in Redditch, Worcestershire, contacted police on Saturday after seeing a man inside a car using a laptop while parked outside a house.

He was arrested and cautioned. A woman was arrested in similar circumstances in the town earlier this month.

Two cautioned over wi-fi 'theft' [news.bbc.co.uk]

[briggidere]

The thing that surprised me here was the efforts this man took to try and get away with it. Fancy putting cardboard all round your car windows to stop people seeing what your doing.

A tad extreme, broadband isn't that expensive in the UK is it? Well, mine certainly isn't.

[Essex_boy]

He is just tight

[King_Fisher]

Drunk tight? or Miser tight?

[rogerd]

It seems like a parked car with cardboard-covered windows might attract a wee bit of attention in most neighborhoods.

[Essex_boy]

Miser tight, never heard of the other.... Must be American speak

[vincevincevince]

I wonder what she was looking at that she needed to hide?

It would be nice if routers shipped with security on, or needed specifically to be enabled for open access. That would mean that if a connection is open it is deliberately so and the admin is not worried about you using it.