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Post by merchant42 on Jun 17, 2009 17:51:24 GMT
Just came across this on Gumtree just thought i would get your opinions......to me surely noone would br daft enough to actually do this  ??
Hi
My name is Paul. What I'm hoping to find here is someone who has a subscription to BT Broadband (internet access) in their home. Basically, what I want to do is pay you some money (say, £12.50) every month in return for being able to use your username and password to access the BT Openzone network via a wi-fi connection in the centre of Glasgow. As I understand it you get this functionality free with your BT Broadband subscription.
It costs £12.50 to buy a monthly subscription to BT Openzone offering unlimited data usage via wi-fi, but unfortunately that would lock me into an 18 month contract, which is something I want to avoid.
So what I'm proposing is that I pay you, say, £12.50 at the start of each month and in return you let me use your BT Openzone username and password to access wi-fi via my laptop in Glasgow City Centre. For anyone who may not be familiar with what I am talkign about, this "BT Openzone" is a service you get as a free add-on with your BT Home Broadband service.
I'm sure that, technically speaking, this goes against your BT Home Broadband terms and conditions, but I promise not to tell if you won't :-)
Bottom line: you get some money, I get some reasonably priced internet access.
If you are interested please drop me a message, happy to meet face to face in city centre to discuss, if you like.
Best,
Paul
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Post by ken on Jun 17, 2009 18:24:19 GMT
It's alright if you know the bloke, if he dont pay you change the password and lock him out. Then go round his house and break his kneecaps. As long as your computer is locked up and not open to others on the network, you would be OK. I wouldn't chance it if I was using my computer to launder money for the Mob, but my savings earned me one penny interest last year. Luckily the government must have missed that and they didn't tax me on it.
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Post by kubik8 on Jun 17, 2009 22:03:06 GMT
It's possibly genuine, given he's happy to meet face-to-face. A couple of years ago I was broke, and considered asking a neighbour if he'd let me access the internet via his wireless router for a few dollars a month. Different situation I know, as I'd only need his WPA key.
In the end I didn't ask, as - reversing the roles - I wouldn't have been comfortable with it. Definitely wouldn't give anyone my username and password though.
The fact he mentions 'unlimited data usage' suggests he's going to be a heavy user, which is reinforced by the fact that there are other options without contract which wouldn't cost more than £20 a month.
Plus, without wanting to sound like a tinfoil hat type, anything he downloads would be tied - and traceable - to your account.
Not a good idea, just to get £12.50 a month.
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Post by nike on Jun 18, 2009 2:30:34 GMT
You have got to be joking, Right? What a scam! He could use your details and bandwidth to do anything illegal or otherwise. Send spam emails to all and sundry, download kiddie porn, you wouldn't know, until the boys in blue came knocking at ya door with an arrest warrant.
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Post by ken on Jun 18, 2009 3:26:13 GMT
I know several people who share, but they have all known one another for a long long time. As I said if you know the bloke, its not the sort of thing you do for a stranger. Its odd that he's advertising, coz it the sort of thing a friend would ask you direct. He's probably a student, its the sort of crap some of them come up with. They think they are clever, but they haven't got the brains they were born with.
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Post by buzzy on Jun 18, 2009 7:43:31 GMT
Hmm - I doubt if I would want to agree to this under any circumstances, but then I am paranoid about security and privacy. One's PC contains plenty of personal stuff such as bank details etc: why take even a minimum risk!!
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Post by mikkh on Jun 18, 2009 13:07:33 GMT
They wouldn't get access to your PC - how could they, they're just signing in as you.
They would have access to your emails on that account though, which would be a no no for me
There's also the fact that 'unlimited' rarely means that, and there will be some 'fair usage' clause built in and a possibly hefty extra charge for using above a certain amount.
It's a non starter for a stranger IMO and I'd have to think hard about granting anyone but a close personal friend that kind of favour
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Post by movieman36 on Jun 18, 2009 17:22:38 GMT
I think Nike's answer got it spot on. Yeah! let some bloke who doesn't want to be tied to a contract and therefore traceable and responsible for the content he downloads and let you take the rap for anything he gets up to...you would need your head read if you agreed to that.
Much better to do what my daughter did when she started uni and couldn't afford an internet connection in her uni flat...found a unprotected wireless LAN nearby and logged into that for a year...they then WEP protected it so she had to wait until she moved to her new accommodation which had broadband laid on. Kid...huh!
MM
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Post by kubik8 on Jun 18, 2009 17:33:46 GMT
"They would have access to your emails on that account though, which would be a no no for me"
Only assuming you actually used that email address. I don't use the one provided by my ISP, but a Netscape addy I've had for over a decade.
Minor point though, and there's plenty enough info on this thread to show sharing your connection in this manner is A BAD IDEA.
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Post by jojo on Jun 19, 2009 14:15:35 GMT
I was thinking the same as nike and movieman.
This is the reason I disconnected my Fonera hub.
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Post by johnnybee on Jun 21, 2009 22:05:33 GMT
It's also the reason why I got rid of Skype.
Okay, so that's supposed to be simply for chat, but it does use your "free" bandwidth to relay data and convesations all over the world.
I've never been happy with the idea of someone else using my PC - for whatever reason, and that includes someone who logs in 'in loco meum'.
JB.
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