As much as I understand that in effect, this is theft, as you are not paying for the service, just leaching it, like someone jumping in the passenger seat of your car, cause the door is unlocked and you are going in their direction.
BUT....
Ignorance isn't an answer, and I do blame retailers a lot for this, in as much as they are not informing their customers of securing their wireless connection. When I was in staples looking for wi0fi and their computer 'expert' came over and I asked about encryption and security, he had to pick the box up to see....
So in the end, I do think it is up to the end user to ensure he/she has locked the door, so you can't just drop into their BB connection.
Another fun thing to do, sit on a bus/train, then set your bluetooth phone to scan for other phones, and you would be sooooo surprised how many are open and not pin activated.
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