[jiggy2011]

IANAL , but this depends if we are talking about criminal or civil law.

AFAIK in a civil case there would be more onus on you to prove that you didn't know what other people were doing with your stuff.

Also this would be affected by your circumstances, so if you work in tech/IT you might have a job arguing that you didn't know that running an unsecured wireless AP was a bad idea.

[dllthomas]

> Also this would be affected by your circumstances, so if you work in tech/IT you might have a job arguing that you didn't know that running an unsecured wireless AP was a bad idea.

Pointing to a renowned security expert saying he does the same might help, though:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wirele...

[drcube]

At work, part of my job is to protect my company's data.

At home, is there any requirement, legal or otherwise, for me to secure my data if I don't have a desire to?