More a thought than a question

[ayabrea38]

but having just got a netbook,I am amazed by the amount of people that have an unsecured connection.Why when even I set up secure do other people not see the need?Just in my home there are 3 different unsecured ones that I could use if I so wanted.
People pay attention to keeping their purses hidden from view(well most the time)I just hope there people dont do much on line banking.

[VHG]

Well many people are not very technical and just the process of setting up a wireless router may be as much as they can handle.

Also some people are just not bothered about security.

For example I walked past a house yesteday where someone had put a box out to be collected as part of paper recycling.

I glanced in the box and could not believe there were dozens of unopened letters lying on top. Anyone could have picked them up and the person would have been a prime target for identity theft.

I shred all my mail and other paper work that may have my name and address on it before disposiong of it.

But some people just dont care about security.

[ChuckFickens]

A lot of it is also the fault of ISPs in not explaining to people what they are getting when they supply a free router and in supplying wireless routers unsecured as default.

I've see loads of cases where a wireless router has been supplied to people for free that has a unsecured wireless connection on it as default and the people it's supplied to don't even use wireless so it never crosses their mind that they a) have a wireless network at all and b) that it's totally unsecured.

[Old_Geezer]

Humph !
I never seem to get a free offer from those around me :-(

[ayabrea38]

I have to admit,I did not even know my router was wireless and the kids got their psp's running,but luckily for me I run my desktop wired and the provider had automaticly set it as secure.
I feel a bit more secure in my own mind knowing a little bit more about windows Vista and 7 (thanks to you lot and three very good books)
strange though,put me on xp and I am lost!You can tell where my interest began-I am a Vista baby :-)

As for people that chuck out letters etc with sensitive information on-which these days I think just your name,dob and address count-maybe when they start getting threatening letters from catalogue companies they have never used they will invest in a shredder.
It's a tough lesson to learn but has to be done the hard way for some people for it to sink in.

[hc4361]

There are some people who believe that wifi sharing is a great thing, and is willing to keep their wifi unsecured and take advantage of unsecured wifi when they are out and about.
I don't recommend it.

[ayabrea38]

I admit,my first thought was well at least if there is a power cut to my house,so long as the netbook is charged I can still go online!
What's yours is mine if you are daft enough to let me,but I like to keep what's mine mine.