Hello, folks!
My question has to do with wireless network security. Let me apologize in advance for what may seem to be a silly question. I'm a long time computer user, but have only recently started to develop an interest in them.
I know that everyone says you should set your network up as a password protected system. But, I'm curious to know why this is needed. I'm not talking about the possibility of a neighbor hooking up to my wireless router (either accidentally or intentionally), because I'm sure that has happened... and frankly, I really don't care. I'm talking about the possibility of someone using my unsecured Wireless G network to tap into my home's computers.
I suppose that another part of this is that I'm not so much interested in the theoretical possibilities as I am the probabilities. Maybe a crack team of hackers could sit in my front yard for a couple days and eventually steal some exciting Word Document from my laptop (like the one titled "letter to grandmother"... the horror); but I'm talking about something else. I'm talking about the possibility that, with little effort, some sneaky person who lives nearby could hack into the network and grab important personal data off my computers.
I have resisted making my system password protected for a number of reasons. One is obviously that I'm skeptical that there is a real-world chance that someone would break into my computer through it. Also, I have a large family, and we are in almost a constant state of flux when it comes to retiring old computers, buying new systems, adding printers, etc. So, it's just easier to do all this without dealing with a password.
One of the things that has made me recently wonder a bit more about this is that I learned about software like Network Magic. My thought was that "if I could buy this software and share data between computers on my network... what's to stop someone else from doing the same?"
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That Does suck. Some A-hole did the same to me, broke into my network and downloaded porn from bittorent and this company says i have to pay for copyright infringement. This is a load of bull. That's what pisses me off. Someone can come along and accuse someone of something and the accused will have to spend his or her resources to prove his or her innocence and if proven innocent, does not get those spent resources back. |
That Does suck. Some A-hole did the same to me, broke into my network and downloaded porn from bittorent and this company says i have to pay for copyright infringement. This is a load of bull. That's what pisses me off. Someone can come along and accuse someone of something and the accused will have to spend his or her resources to prove his or her innocence and if proven innocent, does not get those spent resources back. |
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