A couple of programs I thought might help some people

Exactly!! Even if it is "FREE Wifi" you MUST seek permission to use it. And the problem with having an UN-SECURE Wifi system at home isn't someone "hacking" into your computer, as much as it is someone using your OPEN system to send SPAM, or even something more nefarious.
There have been a couple cases lately where someone using an "open" residential Wifi to send child porn and the owner of the Wifi was arrested and dragged into court. Also there was a case where a woman was sued under the DRM laws (Digital Rights Management) because someone used her open wifi to "file-share" movies and music.

 

Yes that's it. BUT, since the writing of the Law is vague (who would think Lawmakers would write VAGUE laws....ROTF) it could ALSO be used to trap innocent home-users that have unsecured wifi.
The way the law is written, it defines ANYONE who has/operates Wifi as an "Internet Service Provider". Rep. Nick Lanson is cagey when he says the law is not intended to target Americans who have Wifi at home, but he DOESN't say that the Legislation DOESN'T target them. And looking at the Law, there doesn't appear to be "protection" for home users or even protection for your local Coffee Shop that provides open Wifi.
I had an incident a few months ago. I was having problems with my own WiFi and sometimes I would get booted. But my computer would log-on with another wifi nearby. It took a couple weeks to figure out whose wifi I had "found". When I told my neighbors, they asked me to secure it for them, and remarked that they had observed someone setting in a car parked in front of their house a couple times. It is THOSE people who would be targeted, because while it is relatively easy to identify the "address" of a user, it isn't necessarily easy to identify the particular "user".

 

thank you
did not know you could do that