There’s is a very interesting and growing debate in the technology world over the free use of someone else’s WiFi connection. 

On one side, the freeloaders, who say there’s nothing wrong with it.  After all, if the WiFi owner wanted to keep others off their connection, they could simply make it password-protected. 

On the other side, the WiFi-owners, who say that they’re the only ones paying the bill on their connection…that those wishing to get for free something that most of us pay for should go elsewhere.  Or be arrested.  There have now been three known arrests of people “stealing” someone else’s WiFi, pushing the issue into the general public’s view.  Is it illegal?  Is it immoral?  This excellent BBC Online article examines the issue from all sides, giving a great snapshot of the current state of the debate. 

If a WiFi connection is stolen in the forest, and no one’s there to see it…is it really wrong?