So there are three aspects to this issue: (1) legal, (2)
ethical, and (3) marketing.
The law nowadays being what it is, with ninety (?) percent
of legislators being lawyers, there may be hidden gotchas in
any particular approach to this, and some guidelines from
those who know or from personal research would be in order.
The legal aspects include the criminal (seems not be an
issue from John Brandt's post), but are there possible
civil?
For the ethical, I always try to go by the famous Golden
Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you", a
variant of "Love thy neighbor as thyself." This varies in
this particular case, but may have meaning to Mr. John Doe,
potential entrepeneur. Is it comparable to the instant
messages that used to pop up on my screen offering to stop
those messages, possibly legal, or more a case of the lawn
care business that leaves a card at a home whose yard needs
it?
For the marketing aspect, the reaction of the recipient of
such an approach is the key. I'm sure some would welcome the
chance to remedy the situation, and some may be angry.
Reviewing that, does it help at all? (I'm actually undecided
on this one. Can you tell?)
- Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Damato"
| I agree with Tom too -- the techniques are at issue.
Detecting an open
| access point might be the equivalent of seeing the wide
open door on your
| neighbor's house. Some techniques might be the equivalent
of detecting an
| unlocked but closed door on your neighbor's house (or your
new neighbor who
| you haven't met yet).
|
| -Jim
