Is it illegal to use the neighbor's wireless internet signal?
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It is not illegal anywhere in the US, but it may violate the "terms of service" of the person whose wireless signal you're using to access the internet.   (In other words, it would be a civil matter, rather than a criminal matter, if it were to be prosecuted.)   In practice, this is widely done.   I believe Comcast is the only Internet service provider that makes an effort to police this, and even they may have given up by now.\n\nI have heard of many cases of people using wireless internet service and not having any idea who is providing it to them!
799757
Report your neighbor to the police station nearest your residence because the act is an intrusion into privacy and against the Wire Tapping Law.
795911
First off, is his router wireless? if its cross house I hope its a dual antenna and possibly needing a booster antenna. Then you need to use your laptops wireless software to search for available wireless networks. Then see if his network pops up and try to connect, it may ask for information(wep numbers and whatnot) that only your neighbor can get through his router setup software.\n\nif the network does not appear on your laptop that means the connection is not strong enough and you need a better router or the antenna kit for larger distances.
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Yes they can ..most wireless routers keep log of all the traffic than passes through it .... they have a facility of even mailing the stuff to specific mail addresses ... By the way what do you do on the net that scares you ....
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First and foremost, you should probably secure your wireless network. WEP is not particularly secure, but will prevent at least casual intruders from gaining access to your network. WPA is a bit more secure. \n\n1. There is no easy way to figure out who is using your wireless network. if someone is using it, the computer will probably be close (300 ft), but if you are really interested, you will need something like a wireless packet sniffer installed to see what kind of traffic is flowing through your network\n\n2. An intruder will be able to see all of your information if do have not secured your network using something like WEP. These days most web sites use HTTPS to encrypt credit cards and passwords (which would mean that the intruder cannot see them), but you should still secure your network.\n\n3. Zone alarm will potentially protect you, but not if it is installed between your DSL / phone line and your wireless access point (remember that if the intruder can get into your wireless network, they can directly connect to your computer). There are a number of changes you can make to minimize the risk of somebody gaining access to your computer (e.g., if you are using windows, don't enable file sharing, make sure the latest patches are installed, etc.), but generally there are always some holes a determined intruder can use to get access to your data. Again, best way to prevent this is to enable wireless security....\n\nMore info:\n\n"Sorta liek creating a decoy unsecured network,tempting an intruder and then monitoring his tracks as to what he'll be upto wid such a network.Will i be able to gain the info of his computer username.So basically, does the intrusion work both ways wen i have created the network.? thanks again. cheers."\n\nYes, and this is called a 'honey trap' system (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=honeytrap+security&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=ytff1-&x=wrt). Using a sniffer, you can try two things (based on his level of sophistication):\n\n1. watch what the intruder does, and hope that by passively observing the traffic, you get some insight about identify, etc.\n\n2. actively try to break into the intruder's system, really doing the same thing to him (though not sure how legal this is)\n\nHope this help...
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the PC can be connected via ethernet to the wireless router
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You may also want to make sure you are connecting to YOUR wireless network, not someone else's; Especially if you are living in or near an apartment complex or similar.
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turn off your router, and when you can hear your neighbor swear then he's using your wireless connection ;-)))\n\nmore serious - most routers have an access led. when you close all your programs using the internet and the access led is still blinking, then your neighbor is using your wireless connection.\nlike others said, use WEP or WPA encryption and addional MAC filtering, then you can be sure no one will be able to use your wireless connection (that's how i've setup my wireless router).
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Yes and No.  Many internet service providers (ISPs) don't like connection sharing for free.  On the flipside, many ISPs don't monitor it or don't have any policies against sharing the connection.  However, if you're sharing this connection without your Neighbor knowing, this can be illegal being that your Neighbor is paying for the internet service (provided that you're not sharing your connection with your neighbor).\n\nSo I would check with your Neighbor or your ISP (depending on who is sharing what with who) before doing anything.  Fines and possible jail time isn't worth the risk of surfing the internet freely.
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Someone living near you (within 100 metres) also has a wireless network. If you set yours up, you should be able to choose which network you want - make sure you give your network a meaningful name so that you can recognise it.\n\nIt would be worth finding who this person is, and telling them to enable wireless network security, and that you found their confidential information by mistake, so that they don't have malicious people using that information. And make sure you enable security on yours too.
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I can be illegal depending on where you are.\n\nhttp://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=80598\n\nA Singapore teen was caught tapping into a neighbors wireless network. The neighbor complained and the teen can be sentenced to up to 3 years in jail.
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sneak over and lookat the bottom of his router do you know you breaking the law?
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You just were using a wirless network in your area.. which is illegal.. its owners just made a password for its access.. which you haven't
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Lols!  Good Question. \n\nWell Most of the ones who want to use free wireless will first check the ones with no security Code. For example if you are using a SBC 2wire Router, they do give a security code so if your neighbour wants to use your wireless, then he/she needs to type the code. \n\nAnd then try to change the Badwidth and time to time, check who's online, using your control panel came with the router.
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Satellite Internet or use your neighbors wifi network :).
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umm even sharing with other friends is illegal (unless their watching it at ur house or something) , didnt u know that?
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its illegal but its not just him who can go into ur comp and i doubt he will confess in court or to the police but  he could then get angry and destroy ur comp and everything u have in there so keep on making back ups and try getting a good anti hacker and anti virus program. also download du meter which shows the activity of ur internet connection so u can see whats happening so if your not looking at anything and u see that its moving disconect ur connection straight away.  good luck