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Protect your Wireless Network

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I'm still alive, but so busy I don't have time to stay for more than 5 minutes.


You should always have your laptop wireless disabled if you are not currently using the internet. Luckily, most never laptops I've come across have security that doesn't allow the hacking to take place, unless you enable it for remote connections.
 
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Shhh... stop telling people to secure their stuff. Cheap people like me rely on the technically unsavvy. I've gotten by two years without having to pay for internet service at my apt. It's great. I'd like to personally thank linksys and default for their top notch service and the free ride.
 
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Popper252 said:
Shhh... stop telling people to secure their stuff. Cheap people like me rely on the technically unsavvy. I've gotten by two years without having to pay for internet service at my apt. It's great. I'd like to personally thank linksys and default for their top notch service and the free ride.
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Until someone intercepts all your packets and steals your passwords, etc.
 
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CleveBucks said:
Until someone intercepts all your packets and steals your passwords, etc.
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Yeah because I'm sure someone who can't set up their own secure wireless network is going to be able to do that.

Now there's always the chance that someone else could hop on to the network and take a shot at it but I usually log into the router and check out the dhcp table just in case. Besides the owners I'm usually the only other person on there.
 
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Popper252 said:
Yeah because I'm sure someone who can't set up their own secure wireless network is going to be able to do that.

Now there's always the chance that someone else could hop on to the network and take a shot at it but I usually log into the router and check out the dhcp table just in case. Besides the owners I'm usually the only other person on there.
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Unless of course someone is leaving their router open purposely to collect data. Think about it. So many protocols send passwords in cleartext. POP3, etc. Ever tried to sniff the neighbors' packets off the network?
 
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Hmm, true... however unlikely that scenario is there's always that chance. But I like my odds. 99.9% they just don't know how to set the thing up.

As for trying to intercept the packets, I have no idea how to do that. And even if I did I still probably wouldn't do it, atleast not in a malicious way. :)

But now I'm curious. How exactly would I go about doing something like that?
 
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I had to shut off our wireless router for a while last night, so I searched our area for an unsecure network -- one was called "Bev's router," and someone with a secure network named theirs "Not Bev." I thought that was pretty funny!
 
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