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25 Apr 2011, 2:11 am

Our neighbours haven't password protected their internet. My dad went round and told them. They STILL haven't password protected it, so when ours is down I use theirs.


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25 Apr 2011, 6:09 am

I should mention here that there are hackers who set up open routers to draw in computers that they can seize with viruses. It's a simple mousetrap and for those who believe it's not a crime at best and a victimless crime at worst, it's something to think about. :wink:



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25 Apr 2011, 7:21 am

wefunction wrote:
I should mention here that there are hackers who set up open routers to draw in computers that they can seize with viruses.
It's even easier to use a compromised website to achieve the same ends, and so the connection method becomes irrelevant.
And the ease of doing that comes down the the security of the Operating System - yet nothing is ever done about this particular 400lb gorilla sitting in most peoples' homes.


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25 Apr 2011, 3:36 pm

sometimes a password isn't enough. even with wpa and a password, someone still used my wi-fi. i could tell because i have a dailyk bandwidth cap and someone was randomly downloading a lot of stuff per day. i had to stop the ssid from broadcasting, make the name, password, and my firmware password random letters, numbers, and symbols, and make it a list of allowed mac addresses for my firmware to allow access. it finally worked.



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25 Apr 2011, 4:03 pm

addison wrote:
i had to stop the ssid from broadcasting, make the name, password, and my firmware password random letters, numbers, and symbols, and make it a list of allowed mac addresses for my firmware to allow access. it finally worked.
But this should be considered the basic minimum requirement, from the get-go. 8O


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26 Apr 2011, 12:59 am

addison wrote:
sometimes a password isn't enough. even with wpa and a password, someone still used my wi-fi. i could tell because i have a dailyk bandwidth cap and someone was randomly downloading a lot of stuff per day. i had to stop the ssid from broadcasting, make the name, password, and my firmware password random letters, numbers, and symbols, and make it a list of allowed mac addresses for my firmware to allow access. it finally worked.

I wish I could I get my SSID OFF the neighborhood list. I feel like I am broadcasting it to all and sundry when it's really no one's business but mine.



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26 Apr 2011, 6:25 pm

ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
addison wrote:
sometimes a password isn't enough. even with wpa and a password, someone still used my wi-fi. i could tell because i have a dailyk bandwidth cap and someone was randomly downloading a lot of stuff per day. i had to stop the ssid from broadcasting, make the name, password, and my firmware password random letters, numbers, and symbols, and make it a list of allowed mac addresses for my firmware to allow access. it finally worked.

I wish I could I get my SSID OFF the neighborhood list. I feel like I am broadcasting it to all and sundry when it's really no one's business but mine.

Same here with me. I can get into my neighbors wi-fi . I can also access the schools down the street for me.



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26 Apr 2011, 8:26 pm

Does that mean you are a criminal if you borrow your neighbor's signal every once and a while?



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26 Apr 2011, 8:51 pm

It's a little known fact that if you leave your wifi signal open, roaming UFO enthusiasts will hijack it to do research and triangulate possible UFO sighting locations. As a result, the FBI may conclude that you are a hopeless nerd and begin making record of your aluminum foil purchases.



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26 Apr 2011, 10:07 pm

wefunction wrote:
It's a little known fact that if you leave your wifi signal open, roaming UFO enthusiasts will hijack it to do research and triangulate possible UFO sighting locations. As a result, the FBI may conclude that you are a hopeless nerd and begin making record of your aluminum foil purchases.


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26 Apr 2011, 10:50 pm

wefunction wrote:
It's a little known fact that if you leave your wifi signal open, roaming UFO enthusiasts will hijack it to do research and triangulate possible UFO sighting locations. As a result, the FBI may conclude that you are a hopeless nerd and begin making record of your aluminum foil purchases.

I buy it every week to put over leftover cake before I put it in the fridge ;)