Is using someone else's wireless signal safe ?

I have a list of wireless signals that my PS3 will pick up. One of them is called NETGEAR and it is always at 100% signal and has no password/security. All the others have a unique user name/ID, so you know it is another persons internet. This is just called NETGEAR.

Is this a neighbors internet ?

Could they see my laptop screen, like if someone is connected to my laptop remotely ?

I used it to play PS3 games every now and then. It is always at 100%, so I figured it is not being used.

Now that I have a laptop, I was wondering how safe it is.

 

Discussion of any sort of hijacking of other people's internet connectivity is prohibited on these forums.

That said, the fact that you're even asking about "stealing" someone else's connection, regardless of whether the connection is secured, does not reflect well upon you. Plus, if someone doesn't know how to secure their wireless connection, do you really want to chance your habits/privacy being exposed?

 

Yep. Thread closed. You are trying to access a network that you do not have permission to connect to. NBR will not continue to have discussions about it or help you.

Also, some other things you might want consider before connecting:

Upside-Down-Ternet

Mistaken FBI Raid Underscores Wifi Privacy Risks
(even being connected to a network where illegal activities take place could make you a suspect...not a thing you want to deal with)

Play it safe and pay for your own internet or go use a public hotspot(free wifi at some restaurants, libraries etcs).

 

There is a wireless connection that says NETGEAR.

Is this a "wifi hotspot" ?

 

It's probably a wireless network owned by someone who didn't bother changing the default name, and not a public hotspot.

You also asked about this in another thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/net...using-someone-elses-wireless-signal-safe.html

Do not start another one. This thread is closed now too.