Wireless tapping.

• Position: TECHNOLOGY - Brief article

Piggybacking, which is the usually unauthorized tapping into someone else's wireless Internet connection, is no longer limited to hackers. Ordinarily upstanding people are tapping in, and many say it doesn't feet Like theft because it doesn't seem to take anything away from anyone. Piggybacking is increasingly an issue for people who tire in densely populated areas, or for those in buildings where Wi-Fi radio waves easily bleed through watts, floors, and ceilings. "The best case is that you end up giving a neighbor a free ride," says...