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Re: [LUG] Hackers ability to access WiFi exposed

 

On 15/10/10 18:18, Julian Hall wrote:
 On 15/10/2010 18:11, Paul Sutton wrote:
On 15/10/10 11:03, Julian Hall wrote:
  http://www.itpro.co.uk/627679/uk-wi-fi-ripe-for-hacking

'82 per cent of UK citizens believed their networks were safe and only
one in 20 knew they had been used by unauthorised people'

That'll give DEB food for thought....

sad thing ism  if we had got the library without all this extra expense
/ paperwork we as a lug could have perhaps given talks on things like
this with info on how to improve security.

which seems to be the sort of thing the library want to encourage people
to do,  well they encourage you by asking groups of friends to pay lots
of money for insurance.

oh well.

Paul

Next door neighbour's network is wide open... told her months ago how to close it.. even emailed her instructions for her exact router (can't do it myself - wheelchairs don't like stairs). She still hasn't done it. IMHO at that point it becomes the customer's fault.

Julian

No - its MS fault.
How you ask? Because they lied to you and told you computing was easy so you would buy their stuff. If they'd have been honest and said its actually quite tricky and you really learn to learn a few things rather than just open the box and plug it in... Its like a car manufacturer saying ignore that middle peddle it will just slow you down - mostly fine until you get onto the road with other cars.
Tom te tom te tom

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