Can I Use My Neighbors Wi Fi Without Permission Question I work during the day, and because I mostly use the Web at work, I dont have an Internet connection of my own at home. Sometimes at night I like to check my emails and browse the Internet. One of my neighbors has an open, unsecured wireless connection. Can I use his Wi Fi without permissionThe annual religious celebration The shofar is blown at the western wall on the new moon of Tishrei to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets. According to the Book of Joshua, the Battle of Jericho was the first battle of the Israelites in their conquest of Canaan. According to Joshua 6127, the walls of. Under the leadership and inspiration of the Spirit, Gideon takes a rams horn and sounds a call to arms. Trumpet is the Hebrew noun shofar, related to the Arabic. Response Before beginning a discussion about using unsecured Internet connections according to Jewish law, it must be noted that many countries and states have specific laws that prohibit accessing someone elses computer or network without authorization. According to Jewish law, as long as civil law does not contradict Torah law, the law of the country is the law, and the halachah follows civil law. In New York State, for instance, unauthorized use of a computer network is considered a Class A misdemeanor. Therefore, any discussion on this topic from the perspective of Jewish law must be based on the assumption that civil law does not explicitly address it. Nevertheless, the question of using an unsecured network raises a number of halachic issues, and is worth delving into further. Borrowing Without Permission. When you use your neighbors Wi Fi, you are essentially borrowing his computer, router, modem and Internet connection without permission. The Talmud records a dispute among the sages as to whether one who borrows something without permission is considered a borrower or a thief. The halachah follows the opinion that this person is considered a thief, even if he or she intends to return the object afterward. There are exceptions to this rule, however. In cases where the object of theft is something that no one not even a small number of people would object to someones borrowing without permission, and there is no risk of damaging the object, halachah considers it permissible to use it without approval. Although accessing the Internet through an open Wi Fi connection rarely causes damage to the network, it seems safe to assume that at least a small number of people would object to their Wi Fi being used without permission, and doing so would be considered stealing. There is, however, another reason why some say that using an open Wi Fi network without permission would be permitted. Objects of No Substance. When discussing the mitzvah of listening to the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, the halachah posits that if someone blew from a stolen shofar, he nevertheless fulfilled his obligation. The rationale in this case is that the laws of theft do not apply to entities without substance, like sight and sound. It should be noted that there is a dispute about whether the reason one still fulfills his obligation is because the mitzvah is only to hear the sound of the shofar, and the laws of theft do not apply to sound alone, or because unlike, for example, the mitzvah of lulav there is no requirement that the shofar must belong to the one using it. The halachah follows the opinion that the reason is because the laws of theft do not apply to something without substance. Based on this idea that things without substance cannot be stolen, it would seem that using a neighbors open Internet connection without permission would be permitted. However, other commentaries point out that stealing something without substance isnt considered stealing because using that intangible object did not cause a loss to the owner. Should it cause a loss, it would certainly be considered damaging or stealing another persons property. Generally, subscribers pay an Internet service provider ISP for a limited amount of access to the Internet, called bandwidth. The speed of an Internet connection depends on the amount of available bandwidth at a given time. Wider bandwidth allows more data to be sent and received simultaneously, resulting in faster Internet service. When a non subscriber downloads large files using an open Internet connection while the subscriber is using the Internet, the reduced bandwidth can significantly slow the owners connection. In other words, this causes a loss to the neighbor. Therefore, although an Internet connection may be classified as something without substance, if using it causes the owner a loss in any way, it would be prohibited to use it without permission. If one used the Internet in a way that had no effect on the owners speed, however, or at times when the neighbor isnt using the Internet, it might be halachically permitted. Although less common, some service providers charge subscribers based on the amount of data used. In this case, using a neighbors Wi Fi without permission could cause a loss regardless of the time of day, and using the open network would be prohibited without permission. This One Benefits . When discussing this issue, some rabbis refer to a well known Talmudic concept that if one person will benefit, and the other one suffers no loss,1. In fact, in some instances halachah forces the owner to allow the other person to derive that benefit. But as we explained above, in many instances using someone elses Internet connection does indeed cause a loss to the owner. Therefore, this rationale would apply only in a scenario in which the owner does not suffer a loss. So, to answer your question If you live in a place where using an unsecured Internet connection without permission is permitted by civil law, and you can be sure that your using the Wi Fi will not slow your neighbors connection, increase his bill or cause him any other kind of loss, halachah would theoretically permit you to use the Wi Fi without permission. Image?disableStub=true&type=VIDEO_S_720&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvdp.mycdn.me%2FgetImage%3Fid%3D10079701662%26idx%3D5%26thumbType%3D32%26f%3D1&signatureToken=5OP_Bg9EmeAakWQ_5litFQ' alt='And The Shofar Blew Pdf' title='And The Shofar Blew Pdf' />But why not play it safe Knock on his door and ask him if he mindsits the neighborly thing to do. 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