I've been there and decided to do nothing. On the other hand, the level of technological savvy in my neighborhood is not high. So there's little chance of someone else poaching. In GB access to the internet is metered and so is phone service, right? It that case I might er... do something. It would still be an embarrassing conversation for both parties, one reason I have avoided it here.
Dana On 4/22/05, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So my new laptop has wireless capabilities. I personally don't like the idea > of wireless networks due to security issues but I turned on the wireless > features to see what was about if anything and it instantly found 3 > unsecured networks running in my neighbourhood without even leaving my > house. The laptop shipped in a way to auto connect to any network in range > so it picked one and connected instantly > > One is running a belkin54g router, and the other two are running linksys > WRT54G routers... > > Anyone else have the same sort of thing going on in their vicinity... How do > you deal with the moral dilemma of telling them their networks are > insecure.... I mean, there are ways to do this... net send, dropping a file > onto their desktop saying read me etc.... Which I guess in the UK is > technically illegal but at the end of the day, the laptop just attached to > their network automatically... I didn't actively do anything.... > > The other option is to let them go along oblivious to their networking > indescressions and leave them vulnerable to people less honest than me... > > I even know which ISPs these people are using (same as mine) and the > bandwidth of their broadband connections (all slower than our own :( ) so I > guess I could contact the ISP and tell them that their users are running > wide open insecure networks and they should be able to contact them seeing > as I can determine which IP has been allocated to which user... > > What would you do? > > Paul > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155108 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
