[Discussion] Wireless Security

[felmon john davis]

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Julian Thomas wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:44:52 -0500 John Sandercock wrote:
> >
> >
> >If you don't use encryption, you may be providing some of your 
> >neighbors with free Internet access. Whether that is a good or a 
> >bad thing depends on whether you incur additional costs, whether 
> >your own access is affected, whether you have adequate security to 
> >protect the nodes on your network, and whether you think that 
> >improving your community's access is a good thing. In Manhattan, 
> >where I live, the community seems to have voted for encryption.

I thought there were other security concerns than the above which 
could make you a 'person of interest' to the police if a piggy-backing 
neighbor is doing something shady or salacious.

were it not for that, I wouldn't worry myself that much about 
encryption. 

Felmon
 
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Felmon Davis - Dept of Philosophy
Union College - Schenectady, NY