I’m a bit of a part-time geek on the quiet. I know how to do most things on a computer and how to handle technology. But I do get stuck occasionally, and I then have to turn to my brother who is a full-blown computer geek.
This caller to The Tech Guy show obviously doesn’t have a geeky older brother to call, so she phones Leo Laporte to explain the problem she’s having instead. And it’s quite a problem; a retarded problem.
In essence, this lady has been stealing Wi-Fi access for a year and half, connecting to someone else’s router. Not uncommon, as she says, but also not legal, and not safe at all, as Laporte calmly explains.
I’m not sure whether ignorance is a good enough excuse for this but she obviously seems to think so. And I’m guessing that (and a distinct sense of embarrassment) is why she disappears halfway through the call.
Or maybe she was using someone else’s phone line as well. And they found out about it.
