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		auggierose on April 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV f... How is it not illegal for your device to highjack a neighbour's internet connection?

cyborgx7 on April 8, 2023 [–]

Because your neighbor "agreed" to to the possibility in the process of setting up their device as part of that device's TOS.

auggierose on April 8, 2023 | [–]

Should still be illegal. Nobody expects such a thing in a TOS.

cyborgx7 on April 13, 2023 | | [–]

Long TOS that nobody expects to ever be read should be illegal in general.

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