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Half of you are thieves!!
Posted by: eusty on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 07:20 AM
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Nearly half of people questioned by security firm Sophos admitted that they had
illegally connecting to someone else's Wi-Fi network. Fifty-four per cent said
they had 'piggybacked' an unsecured wireless router even though the practice is
illegal and have seen a couple of
prosecutions
in the past.
"Stealing Wi-Fi internet access may feel like a
victimless crime, but it deprives ISPs of revenue,"
"Furthermore, if you've hopped onto your next door neighbours'
wireless broadband connection to illegally download movies and music
from the net, chances are that you are also slowing down their
internet access and impacting on their download limit," |
| Graham Cluley senior technology consultant Sophos |
He went on to stress the importance for having a correctly set-up Wi-Fi
system.
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