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rangibaby on Aug 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Italy Quake Rescuers Ask Locals to Unlock their Wi...

> Or if not liable, you'd at least have an uphill battle to fight in order to prove that it wasn't you that did the thing that got you into trouble.

If everyone had guest networks, I doubt this kind of thing would even make it to court.

DrStalker on Aug 26, 2016 [–]

Doesn't mean you won't get police showing up with a warrant and taking everything electronic to check for child porn because someone on your IP was distributing it.

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