Community:but one in five aren’t protecting their networks with a password

1 in 5 ?

LOL, where do you get such a silly figure from, the 1990's !? :) I've found three unprotected access points out of at least 200 in my area.

I run an open AP, I route it out on a separate port on my firewall so that nobody has access to the internal LAN, yet looking at the access log nobody has bothered to use it in five years.

Any password can be cracked easily with programs that are easily available on the net. Alphanumberic regardless.

I use a wifi router that requires the mac code of the persons computer who I allow to join, and is invisible as a wifi connection to other users. The person I select also requires a password.

The only real secure connection is LAN (hard wired using CAT).

As a frequent traveller I often piggyback on other people's wifi, usually commercial, and you would be amazed how easy it can be just to guess the password from the name of the connection. This is generally so people don't easily forget the password.

I use a very complex password on my wifi. My friend's wifi was hacked into so the threat is very real.

1 I take in the all the points you make on wireless BB. One particular worry according to a BB expert sent round to a friend on an unconnected matter. He said be careful of (close by) friends and extended family requests to use a signal. He said if one of these people downloaded really unpleasant and illegal porn and the police came round it would be the registered owner who would be grilled first.

2 Thank you for highlighting that CC safety starts at £100, no surprise there but big surprise that it's limited to £30,000.I've been into this subject with a couple of CC companies and read up on it and never seen the upper limit mentioned.

Almost half the houses in the UK use wireless internet, but one in five aren’t protecting their networks with a password and more than four million people admitted hijacking someone else's wireless network in the last 12 months. Felicity King-Evans looks at how to prevent pirates piggybacking on your service and how to keep your important data safe…

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