No, that possibility is why you’re not on the hook for it. An ip address is not enough to prove what person did it.
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CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 10 months agoAnd not to mention liability issues if you share a network like that with neighbors. If they start doing illegal stuff while connected to your router, you are on the hook for it.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 10 months ago
CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 10 months ago
legalmatch.com/…/wi-fi-network-criminal-liability…
If you knowingly share your connection with someone else and then they go on to do illegal activities with it, you can be held liable.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 10 months ago
That article doesn’t actually cite any legal precedent for someone being held liable, just a case in 2011 where the guy was found not guilty. It just says you could possibly be liable.
It would be like charging the ISP because someone did illegal stuff.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I have to imagine that on routers where the ISP offers a parallel portal through your gear, they isolate the other user’s traffic from your home network and will trace any illegal activity back to that particular subscriber.
Rootiest@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Who needs a VPN when I can just use my neighbor’s hotspot to torrent and let them get the DMCA notices!