Joho the Blog
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May 28, 2005
We're in Western Massachusetts for the weekend. There's no cellphone signals out where we are, and also no water. So, I'm in a parking lot in the nearby small town where I'm picking up a very weak open wifi signal. SSID: linksys. I don't know who this Linksys person is, but she seems to have residences everywhere! Thank you! Posted
by D. Weinberger at May 28, 2005 09:16 AM
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Too funny! On the other hand, I leave my wifi access point totally unencrypted and discoverable deliberately. I figure nobody like the RIAA or the MPAA can come knocking at my door blaming me for whatever crazy thing they are upset about today because I have plausible deniability: "From this house? Go figure! Anyone can access it from the street so who knows..."
I don't know how much that argument would stand up in court, but it seems at least one notch better than "the dog ate my homework" variety. Besides, I don't actually engage in any illegal p2p filesharing activities anyway, so it's probably moot.
I at least have the technical moxie to rename the access point from the default, however. Go me.
Posted by: scott | May 28, 2005 01:47 PM
Dunno where you are in Western Mass., but if you're in need of wifi, feel free to swing by Lanesboro -- you can sit on the deck with your laptop and enjoy the view. :-)
Alternately, Topia Cafe in Adams has free wifi (and good edibles), and Jae's Inn in North Adams has wifi too...
Posted by: Rachel | May 30, 2005 12:01 PM