Just curious...this person is offering his WiFi unconditionally to anyone within range, right? Say one of his users was inclined to perform some sort of a malicious act on another computer (even more malicious than the HELO "attack" mentioned in the article!). Now where does that leave the legal responsibility when the victim traces the attack back to his IP?

I'm thinking that free WiFi is a nice gesture but given this remote possibility wouldn't it make the owner of the access-point complicit, albeit unintentionally and unknowingly?

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