AN unsuspecting broadband customer found herself in hot water because of Wi-Fi secret thieves next door.
A woman has revealed the devastating way she found out her neighbours were secretly using her connection – and it could have cost her massively.
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Yet, the men next door had the cheek to be “upset” and portray her as the “villain” when she chucked them off by changing the password.
The unidentified victim, who goes by the name of BakerLovePie on Reddit, shared her alarming case.
She says she had no idea the people in the apartment next door had access until a worrying legal letter landed on her doorstep.
“I received a notice from my internet provider that says someone illegally downloaded a movie or a game (WB Harry Potter claim so could be either I think) from my IP,” she explained.
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“In that email they suggested changing the wifi password and not to share it and I did just that.”
The day after, three students next door came over demanding the Wi-Fi password.
The trio claimed they were doing a short summer course and needed access before their final exams.
Apparently they were moving out in four days so it didn’t make sense for them to start their own broadband contract now.
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The account owner told them no.
“I didn’t know they were using my wifi,” she continued.
“They certainly didn’t ask permission.
“I pay for unlimited high speed so it doesn’t cost me anything to share it.
“If we got along ok I actually would be open to letting them use it but not for illegal downloading.
“They stole my internet for four months when they should have all chipped in for their own.
“Anyhow I’m apparently the villain and am wondering if I should have just let them use it for four more days?”
Readers on Reddit responded in support of the woman, saying the group’s ” entitlement is astounding”.
“They leech off of someone for months and then have the audacity to ask to leech off of them some more,” one person wrote.
“If you’re going to use someone else’s stuff without permission or knowledge, have the common sense and decency to not cause problems for them by doing so,” another commented.
BakerLovePie warned others about default passwords on routers.
“My password was the default that came with the router,” she said.
“The password was not 12345 or “password”.
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“I don’t know how they got it but one is getting his masters in computer engineering and the other two are med students so if I was “hacked” I think I know who did it.
“I probably have the fastest speed/strongest signal which made my internet the ideal target.”
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