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DetlefK

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3. This has a simple, legal reason.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 10:44 AM

Nov 2013

If you enter the internet through somebody else's connection, that person would be liable for all the illegal stuff that YOU downloaded.

That's also the reason why its strongly recommended (well, in Germany at least) to protect your wireless router with password and firewall. If your neighbour in the appartment next door uses your wi-fi, then you get busted for the pirated stuff he downloaded.

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Worried about privacy? We're in Austria where hotels are required to monitor--by room-- [View all] mnhtnbb Nov 2013 OP

I've not but I did find this... CurtEastPoint Nov 2013 #1

I assume hotels monitor internet activities for a number of reasons jberryhill Nov 2013 #2

This has a simple, legal reason. DetlefK Nov 2013 #3

I don't bother using the Internet when I travel...I'm hardly in the room in the first place. CTyankee Nov 2013 #4

A hotel is not 'Big Brother'. If you want to use someone's free access, you're bound by their rules. randome Nov 2013 #5

I'm kind of surprised sharp_stick Nov 2013 #6

"we've had to send encrypted data for the last couple of years" jberryhill Nov 2013 #7

Me too! I've never had a problem getting on hotel networks in NY, SF, L.A. mnhtnbb Nov 2013 #8