>your are jeopardizing your own service too you are jeopardizing your service as well.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote: > The last one is the one where some management program should allow > microdistance measurements to see how far away users are from wireless > indoor routers. We can set signal level but that's useless because of the > difference in power output of different devices. > > Rory > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 11:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] Scary Letter > > Every so often, I send out something similar to the text below. > Critiques welcome > > > A WIRELESS ROUTER IS AN OPEN DOOR TO YOUR HOME > > Most people use a wireless router so they can use their handheld devices. > Wireless routers are great, but there are some very important reasons they > need to be locked down with strong passwords: > > 1) An open WiFi router or sharing your router password allows others > to > do illegal things that will be traced with you. Direct Communications > cooperates with law enforcement authorities to track down internet sexual > predators. If the predator is parked near your house using your WiFi > signal from their car, it appears to us to be coming from your home. What > will happen is that the authorities will kick down the door at your house. > > > 2) Outsiders can use your Wifi to attack others or to hack into > other’s > computers and accounts. With a strong antenna they can be a half mile > away and still use your WiFi. Again, the activity will register as > happening inside your home. > > > 3) A sophisticated hacker can take over your computers in your home > and > make them repositories and servers for child porn, stolen credit card > numbers or any of a plethora of illegal information. You would not even > know it was happening in many cases. > > > 4) An open router allows outsiders to actually see what web pages and > other content you are looking at. > > > 5) Allowing a friend of neighbor to use your WiFi connection and your > internet account is called “Theft of Service”. You are collaborating in > allowing them to commit a crime and your are jeopardizing your own service > too. > > > >
