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One in seven are ‘borrowing’ a wi-fi signal to have internet access. That’s a pretty staggering figure, reported on VNUnet, The study cited says that the survey was done in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, The overall average was one in ten, with the U.K. at a rate of one in twelve. Well, they probably have fewer opportunities.
What does this really mean? People are not taking the advice of the ‘talking heads’ and locking down the access points and routers. The acronyms WEP and WPA are foreign to them, or else they have arrived at the conclusion that nothing they transfer over the wireless link is critical or worth worrying about. Apparently the average access point owner also doesn’t consider his loss of speed a big deal either, making things like MAC lists in the access point a non-starter.
I for one, don’t really care about those who don’t do anything to prevent others from accessing their wi-fi. I also don’t think that any sort of legislation is needed. Those who lose money, time, or any other secrets should also not have any right to moan about it, unless they are fully locked down, ready for the worst.
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Quote of the day:
Careful. We don’t want to learn from this. - Bill Watterson
Tags: wi-fi, access points, wep, wpa, wpa2, mac control lists, information loss