Nokia calls Wreless Warchalkers 'Thieves' [Slashdot]
"An advisory issued by the handset maker said anyone using bandwidth without the permission of the person paying for it was simply stealing."
Hmmm. What of the warchalker is one who owns the network? Here comes the FUD:
"This is theft, plain and simple," wrote Nokia in its advisory.
The company said that anyone using a company's bandwidth without permission is reducing the amount of a valuable resource available to the workers in that organisation.
The advisory was brought to light by technology news magazine Computing.
Nokia warned that if too many warchalkers log on together, the whole network inside a company could slow down.
It also said that unscrupulous spammers could use a network as a proxy to despatch millions of unwanted e-mail messages with no danger of being traced."
Ther there is the whole concept of "securing your network" that is being ignored here... requiring user IDs, passwords, etc. Actual article here from the beeb.
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