Man arrested over wi-fi 'theft'

[chicane]

very sad that it is accepted that people are allowed to try to steal your belongings and it is your fault for not securing them enough or keeping things hidden.

Being idealistic is all very well, but there are approaching 7 billion humans on this planet and it would be foolish not to account for human nature in your everyday life. Temptation is a basic trait of human nature - some of us can control it and others can't.

[Clippy]

Being idealistic is all very well, but there are approaching 7 million humans on this planet and it would be foolish not to account for human nature in your everyday life. Temptation is a basic trait of human nature - some of us can control it and others can't.

billion not million.

[milanbenes]

sorry Chicane that's not good enough

it is not the same all round the world and not even the same all round Europe I am amazed at the lack of this kind of crime in Vienna the capital city of Austria

It's a question of respect, education, and policing and punishments

In the UK we have been brainwashed to accépt this state of affairs

I am always amazed by the signs in the carpark at the reading services on the M4 saying blatantly 'don't leave valuables in your car' !

How sad.

Milan.

[richard-af]

sorry Chicane that's not good enough...

Europe, etc. is relatively crime-free because they are all over here nicking our tellies. Or fixing our leaky taps. Or something like that. Allegedly.

[BA to the Stars]

"The 39-year-old was arrested by two Police Community Support Officers" states the article.

I thought that PCSO's didn't have any powers of arrest but could only detain until a real policeman showed up.

Still, it shows the worth of the plastic plods

[TheFaQQer]

I wasn't at all amazed to see what looked like a 2 foot long rat strolling across the car park in Strensham services...

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Rat on a stick, now yer talking...

I saw a few on the underground the other night - best bit was listening to the Yanks nearby saying "oh, look at the little mice down there!"

[KentPhilip]

I saw a few on the underground the other night - best bit was listening to the Yanks nearby saying "oh, look at the little mice down there!"

I thought they were mice ?!

[TheFaQQer]

I thought they were mice ?!

Not the great big buggers that I was looking at!

[DimPrawn]

They are mice, even the big ones. The reason they are so big is the all the arcing of the high voltage lines has exposed their DNA to dangerous levels of gamma radiation (the same thing happened to the Incredible Hulk). If you look closely, some of them even have a green tinge.

HTH

[wxman]

I am trying to work out exactly which law this chap has broken

He was in a public place and was using a wireless signal that was open and on display. I think that it could be even argued that the owner of the WiFi router was negligent in allowing his open signal to bleed over the boundary of his property.

As a parallel would I be breaking the law if I (standing outside on the street) listening to music that was coming from a house through an open window??

Or again, how about standing on the street and watching a TV screen that was on display on a shop window??