TheStar: A Saudi scholar issued a fatwa against using another person’s Wi-Fi without permission, since theft cannot be tolerated in Islam.
“Taking advantage of the Wi-Fi service illegally or without the knowledge of other beneficiaries or providers is not allowed,” said Ali Al Hakami, a member of the high scholars’ commission, a senior religious body which advises the Saudi king. “Any provider or user who pays money for the Wi-Fi service should be consulted before using it. When the Wi-Fi service is open such as in parks, malls, cafeterias, hotels and government departments, then there is no problem since it is meant to be used by the people or clients.” MORE
I remember reading the WiFi regulations in the holy Koran and the prophet Muhammad was very adamant about the proper use of WiFi, domain names, spam filters, and religiously sanctioned porn sites.
Here’s on verse I particularly remember.
If thou dost access another man’s Internet it is a sin that shall require the removal, the severing of the head. Praise be to Allah. Neither shall one place nor accept a cookie without permission.
So IOTW is now condoning stealing??
How many goat fuckers pay Comcast $10 per month for a cable modem rental? In such scenario, the modem provides Wee-Fee up to 5 clients under the SSID xfinitywifi by default, without the homeowner’s consent. When the homeowner learns about it, the option is available to turn it off.
Because it’s too hard to buy your own modem outright for thirty bucks.
Trivia: Wi in Wi-Fi means Wireless. Fi means NOTHING.
“Fi” is the second syllable of a mythical giant’s rant, as in “Wi, fi, fo, fum…”
MongoZZx – Did you miss this part of the article? “We do not need a religious edict to pinpoint such basic things,”
Or did you just comment without reading the entire thing?
Fatwas against wifi theft is as ridiculous as you claiming we condone theft.
Fatwa….WIFI…..two terms I had never heard 20 years ago and two terms I wish I could erase from my memory…
All the wi-fi devices do is wrangle magic pixies into some requested order. Someone simply needs to walk in the field of streaming magic pixies with a tinfoil hat to disrupt the flow. A microwave can also blow the pixies out of band which will drop the handshake. Nothing needs to be stolen, just rearranged.
Can they please go fartwa back home?