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viktor_haagGranted, the fine tagged to the law is "only" 100 euro, but frankly the precedent here rather bothers me.
If, while I'm on vacation for a few days, some weasel sneaks onto my property and leeches electricity out of an out-door outlet for some kriminal purpose, I should be liable because I didn't "properly secure my out-door outlet"?
I suppose the answer now is, yes.
I can see that I have a community obligation not to leave cans of gas lying around on my front lawn where anyone could set fire to them (or steal them and use them to set fire to something), baskets of kitchen knives, and so on and so forth.
I suppose the Germans would like to think that this community obligation towards safeguarding my "potentially dangerous civic resources" extends to my WiFi access point to the intarwebz.
Hrm.
If, while I'm on vacation for a few days, some weasel sneaks onto my property and leeches electricity out of an out-door outlet for some kriminal purpose, I should be liable because I didn't "properly secure my out-door outlet"?
I suppose the answer now is, yes.
I can see that I have a community obligation not to leave cans of gas lying around on my front lawn where anyone could set fire to them (or steal them and use them to set fire to something), baskets of kitchen knives, and so on and so forth.
I suppose the Germans would like to think that this community obligation towards safeguarding my "potentially dangerous civic resources" extends to my WiFi access point to the intarwebz.
Hrm.
