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Originally Posted by Chris T
...I don't agree. In both cases the service is effectively 'unlocked' by deliberate action of the owner. ...
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No, you implied the bank account details were left in the cafe by mistake, not deliberately.
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...If the existence of a password in one case makes it different to the lack of a password in another, then your analogy fails because while the bowl of sweets has a sign saying 'please help yourself', an unsecured wireless network does not have any such sign.
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I think we've reached the crux (or one of the cruxes) of the matter. I would say that the unsecured wireless network has such a sign by implication - after all, it doesn't take much effort to hide or secure the signal. I suppose you might say "what if the sign on the bowl of sweets went missing, does this still imply that the sweets are free?" - I hope you don't ask this, as it would be tricky to answer...
