From: "Just Murray" <krismurray@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:43 PM
To: <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [iPad] It's Here!
> i think it was in 2002 when i got wifi. i didn't secure it. just like i
> didn't secure my cable modem in 99. so far, so good, so what? my computer
> is also not password protected. (and i have only ever rebooted my
> computers - never turned them off, they have been live on the internet
> 24/7/365 since 99. )
> oh yea, tee hee hee. i am on a mac.
>
> my point is that not everyone *needs* to protect their wifi. all my
> friends have smart phones or tablet computers. i want them all to be able
> to get on without hassle. they do. only people running insecure systems
> have the issue of security to worry about. if you cannot hack or if i do
> not care that you do hack, my electronics, i do not need to worry about
> you.
>
That's fine if you don't mind sharing your access with your neighborhood &
the risk that somebody might use it for d/l nasties. It's the people you
*don't* know about getting in that can cause trouble.
If someone wants to share my wifi they can ask -- & I can then decide
whether or not to let them & give them the p/w. Just as I have access to a
couple of other private wifi for when I'm over there.
Not that my system would be hard for even a semi-determined hacker to crack,
but it's better than "Open to All."
bj
