What is the ruling on benefiting from wireless internet service that reaches my home effortlessly, knowing that it belongs to another person?
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You are not permitted to benefit from your neighbor's internet service except with his permission, because using it without his consent is considered an encroachment and a betrayal. Usurpation is taking any property without its owner's consent, and encroachment is assaulting a physical object or its benefits.
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