is it illegal for someone to steal my wireless signal for internet.?

Answer 1

Using a neighbor's wireless access point may not be legal even with their permission. The answer varies depending on the policies of residential Internet service providers and plans among other factors.

Many U.S. states prohibit unauthorized access to computer networks including open Wi-Fi networks. While interpretations of these laws may vary, some precedents have been set in recent years:

2007 - a man in Michigan was fined for using the Wi-Fi hotspot of a local cafe, from his car

2006 - Illinois man David Kauchak was fined for unauthorized use of a local agency's Wi-Fi access point

2005 - a Florida man faced felony charges for piggybacking onto a neighbor's Internet connection without their permission

Just as entering a home or business without the owner's permission is considered trespassing (even if the doors are unlocked), likewise accessing wireless Internet connections (even open access ones) can be considered an illegal activity.

Answer 2

you had better secure you wireless access point before someone uses it to download child pron or goes to a terrorist website. Then the FBI will come to YOUR house and give you a full body cavity search, ask you a lot of questions, talk to everybody you know, talk to you employer and make you life a living hell until they find out that you are not dangerous, just stupid.

Answer 3

Yes,

It's the same as trespassing you are paying for this signal,
you are also responsible for whatever happens on your line
if the person who is mooching off your connection does
malicious things the cops and other agencies will come
to visit you.

Answer 4

I think it's the same thing as hacking in and getting free cable. YOU pay for the signal, so in essence, it if theft.

Get your signal password protected, and then it can't be used by others.

Answer 5

I would think the answer is generally no. You should use your WEP security, or expect people to use the signal your system is sending. I have never heard of someone prosecuted for using an open wireless network.

Answer 6

No, it's not illegal, but it is rude. I found a wireless network near my apartment, I went looking for whose it was, and I give them a few bucks a month to use their network. It's rude to use something that someone else is paying for without at least offering to compensate them for it.

Answer 7

No at this moment there are no regulations over the interception of wireless router signals by another computer

Answer 8

I don't think so but you can make it a private connection in your personal options. That way they need a code to access your internet service.

Answer 9

I am using someone's internet at my apartment... they are dumb for not putting a password on it.

Free internet, YAY!

Answer 10

Depends on where you live. But typically if your network is open then it not illegal. But it is illegal if they have to hack their way in to use it.