On 13 Jan 2006 at 10:20, Christopher Rich wrote: > I think that in today's world, I would be more worried about someone using > my system (and thud a connection that would be traced back to me) for doing > things they do not want to do on their own access. I believe I read that
That's not the half of it, if you do email on an unsecured wifi connection, you are setting yourself up for identity theft. The "bad dudes" can get your email password and impersonate you with email. Just imagine them sending a nasty email to your boss, telling her she is a..... so and so. Then with most people using the same password for their website and blogs, they could do some damage there. Oh yeah, most people also use the same password for other things in their life, bank card, online banking etc.... Once they get into you finances.. look out. Most people have no clue <sigh> > someone prosecuted and convicted for stealing data over the internet can > have all their computer equipment confiscated, and be fined very heavily. I suspect that's likely state and country dependent. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
