Unencrypted Wireless Anyone?

I took this log with Kismac on my iBook as I sat in the car to Epping from the City - I just ran the program to scan for wireless networks. Seems like very few people bother to encrypt their networks - most of the unencrypted ones i connected to were happy to serve me the net too.
Alot of previously unencrypted networks around my house in Chippendale seem to be getting clued on and applying some security to their networks - so alas it would seem that the halcion days of plentiful free internet are soon to be over. Not that WEP encrypting your access point isn't easily crackable with the right tools. (think filtering, injecting packets and brute force attack method)
I don't know what I'm on about now... think I need sleep.
I wonder what the legal stance is for jumping on random unecrypted networks and surfing the net???
::Listening to - Interpol | Take You On A Cruise::

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"Alot of previously unencrypted networks around my house in Chippendale seem to be getting clued on and applying some security to their networks"
Well I'm not surprised, given the amount of P2P action that I hear goes on in your household.. Damn... Person X is using all the bandwidth... Ah look!! Well I'll be... my ibook just accidently joined my neighbour's network...
Yeah. I guess you lose what you abuse.
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