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I keep my own wireless network hidden and secured/encrypted, but I don't mind connecting to other peoples' networks occasionally. I don't know if it's illegal in South Korea, where I'm living temporarily, but I don't think it's wrong, unless you actually use so much bandwidth that they notice that you're using their network. When I first arrived here, I had no connection, so I just tapped into someone else's. There are plenty of unsecured connections here, just about everywhere.
The average connecting here is 6Mbps to 12Mbps, so really, who's going to notice if you browse the web a little using their connection? I know some people think it's unethical, but I don't really care. The only reason why I secure mine is for, well, security.. to keep people off my computer, not because I want to keep people off my internet connection.
They probably can't even notice that I'm using theirs, and frankly, if they came to my apartment and asked to use my computer because they didn't use one, I'd say sure; it's just simple sharing, who cares? I don't see what the big deal is, unless you're leeching their connection for bittorrent and multi-gigabyte file transfers at the same time, or they're using dialup or something..
The funny thing, though, is when people don't even change the default password of their routers. I could practically own so many routers by now, if I were the sort to do it. But I'm definitely not.
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