A reason not to share

[manifold]

Lock Down Your Wi-Fi or the FBI Might Come Knocking - Yahoo! News

A New York man learned the hard way that leaving your wireless router open to the general public can have some very negative consequences, and that the authorities tend to act first and ask questions second.

You might think it's no big deal to share your wireless network with your neighbors. But that altruism can bite you in the butt when a less scrupulous neighbor, or a random stranger connects to the wireless network and uses it for illegal activity. As far as the authorities are concerned, that illegal activity originates from your wireless router, so you are the primary suspect.

So, what happened? Well, this guy left his home Wi-Fi network unprotected, and a slimy neighbor piggy-backed on his "free" wireless network to access thousands of child pornography images. He's not the first to fall victim to this scenario, and, unfortunately, he won't be the last.

 

[martybegan]

You need to be careful if one of your neighbors looks like the bear in this picture.

 

[Ringel05]

It's extremely easy nowadays to protect your router with WPA2. All the IPs provide online setup, just ask them or Google it if you don't how. If it's your personal router, the instructions come with the router, read them.

 

[Anguille]

Lock Down Your Wi-Fi or the FBI Might Come Knocking - Yahoo! News

A New York man learned the hard way that leaving your wireless router open to the general public can have some very negative consequences, and that the authorities tend to act first and ask questions second.

You might think it's no big deal to share your wireless network with your neighbors. But that altruism can bite you in the butt when a less scrupulous neighbor, or a random stranger connects to the wireless network and uses it for illegal activity. As far as the authorities are concerned, that illegal activity originates from your wireless router, so you are the primary suspect.

So, what happened? Well, this guy left his home Wi-Fi network unprotected, and a slimy neighbor piggy-backed on his "free" wireless network to access thousands of child pornography images. He's not the first to fall victim to this scenario, and, unfortunately, he won't be the last.

The internet providers love these kinds of stories. It means less people willing to share and more money for them.

 

[del]

i often connect when i'm on someone's porch

 

[Anguille]

i often connect when i'm on someone's porch

 

[Ringel05]

i often connect when i'm on someone's porch

Take it inside!!! Please!!
(Either that or give me 5 minutes to get my video cam.......)