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Leo Laporte Smacks Around Caller for "stealing" wifi

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0roo0roo said:
he occasionally gets a detail wrong, but having knowledge in coding/web and general computer tech is a huge scope of knowledge and no ones going to get everything right. but for the most part he is very knowledgeable.
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Sounds about right. He generally knows when he doesn't know what he's talking about, i.e. on Security Now.

I hate hearing how great Twitter is though. It's only great for people like him who have thousands of followers who can answer any question he asks in 30 seconds. I also hate the terms "cloud" and "crowd-sourcing."

I haven't listened to him in a while though.
 
This was funny, because I've actually had users where I work do the same thing. They complain because suddenly the wireless signal is prompting them for a password, then blame IS for messing with their computer.
 
iFX said:
God, she sounds like a corporate douchebag type. I've been asked this same question over and over by people at work, and they all act and react the same way, like they had no idea what they were doing. I bet she works in accounting.
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Wait a minute...I'm an accountant and an IT guy...
 
dwell said:
He spreads himself incredibly thin where he's spending most of his time doing podcasts rather than playing with tech and learning what's current.

He's got a ton of cash right now and he buys new stuff left and right but does not know what he's doing. Recently he bought a 60" Pioneer Kuro plasma TV ($3000+ set) but sent it back to the dealer because he thought it was broken. Turns out there's a manual on/off on the back he didn't know about. Any noob would have read the manual. I have no respect for a purported "tech guy" who can't even research/find an on/off switch.
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He was not present when the TV arrived and it was one of his non-tech assistants who failed to find the button and refused/returned the TV.

Does that change your opinion of him?



I love his shows. I listen to his radio show, MacBreak Weekly and This Week in Google via podcast.

MotionMan
 
MotionMan said:
He was not present when the TV arrived and it was one of his non-tech assistants who failed to find the button and refused/returned the TV.

Does that change your opinion of him?
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That's not how I heard it (on a TWiT episode with Kevin Rose). But even if true, that only slightly changes my opinion. Been listening to TWiT and many of his other podcasts for years (MBW, Windows Weekly, This Week in Google) and he really only has a very superficial understanding of technology these day when in the TSS days he was really plugged in.

Not to mention I can't stand his style. He derails every discussion with irrelevant side-topics. I still listen to the TWiT shows, but I get all my tech news from Buzz Out Loud. Tom Merrit knows how to keep the flow going.
 
dwell said:
That's not how I heard it (on a TWiT episode with Kevin Rose)
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It is how Leo stated it happened on The Tech Guy while talking with Scott Wilkinson.


He may not know everything about everything, but he does know a lot about a lot of things, which makes him perfect for the radio show.

I do agree that, on the podcasts, he is more of a host of experts and a Tech Guy Emeritus than an actual tech expert.

MotionMan
 
0roo0roo said:
he occasionally gets a detail wrong, but having knowledge in coding/web and general computer tech is a huge scope of knowledge and no ones going to get everything right. but for the most part he is very knowledgeable.
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If it helps any, he has podcasts on the TWIT network who are experts in the field. I have been listening to the original TWIT podcasts and a lot of the people on there talk about subjects they do not understand. I only listen to a few of the network but Windows Weekly is by far my favorite. Everyone of these "experts" always has some huge form of bias but the host of that show has little to none.
 
Triumph said:
It's not stealing. If people have unsecured networks that broadcast their ID, how do I know they're not just sharing? 🙂
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This. Your computer asks their access point if it can connect to the network. The access point says, "sure, come on in". If there's a password that you crack (even just WEP), then sure, you can make a case for some equivalent to trespassing or whatever (cybertrespassing? iTrespassing?), but you can't leave your network open and then get mad about people connecting, any more than you can invite people into your house and then shoot them for trespassing.
 
acheron said:
This. Your computer asks their access point if it can connect to the network. The access point says, "sure, come on in". If there's a password that you crack (even just WEP), then sure, you can make a case for some equivalent to trespassing or whatever (cybertrespassing? iTrespassing?), but you can't leave your network open and then get mad about people connecting, any more than you can invite people into your house and then shoot them for trespassing.
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So, if I walk around a neighborhood and try every door until I find one that is unlocked (perhaps by accident), it is not trespassing for me to enter that house?

MotionMan
 
acheron said:
This. Your computer asks their access point if it can connect to the network. The access point says, "sure, come on in". If there's a password that you crack (even just WEP), then sure, you can make a case for some equivalent to trespassing or whatever (cybertrespassing? iTrespassing?), but you can't leave your network open and then get mad about people connecting, any more than you can invite people into your house and then shoot them for trespassing.
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how about if you are warming up your car on some cold morning and your neighbor takes your car for a quik trip to the store. would you get mad?

you are using services paid for by another person and without their permission. that is stealing.
 
OutHouse said:
how about if you are warming up your car on some cold morning and your neighbor takes your car for a quik trip to the store. would you get mad?

you are using services paid for by another person and without their permission. that is stealing.
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Yeah, but this age of free wifi, how can you tell it's without permission???
 
"Doing banking you'll be okay since it's encrypted".

Uhh... Really? Telling someone going through an unprotected AP that it's safe to do banking? Come on.
 
I assume the consent to use of unencrypted wifi is implied since it's so easy to encrypt the connection. If they didn't want people to use it, they'd encrypt it.
 
MotionMan said:
Places like Starbucks and libraries will have a sign advertising available wifi. Do you neighbors have such a sign?

MotionMan
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I can't tell, I'm in my house!!:awe:
For the record, I think Ive seen one sign that advertised wifi outside the store, where I am 90% of the time that I need wifi. Come get me coppers!!😀
 
Mike Gayner said:
I stopped listening to the whole TWIT franchise after I got tired of 10+ minute ads.
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I know what you mean, but I just skip them. Seriously though. They get longer every week it seems. They're going on FOR FUCKING FIVE MINUTES?! WTF LEO, SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT ASTARO!
 
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