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Originally Posted by programmer
Don't forget there's more harm to be done than 'just' stealing stuff on your pc. Your pc could become a 'zombie' doing lots of damage such as sending spam email, etc. as part of a larger network of controlled pc's.
Edit: I believe that MAC address filtering is not as secure as having a large, random security key and using WEP.
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Yes I know that your computer can become someone else's slave but I think I have avoided that OK. I don't visit the sites that usually harbour these trojans and I don't read junk e-mail. Just consign it to the garbage.
Mac addresses are not totally secure as you say but I live in a residential area where there are only about 15 houses within the RF radius, about half of them have wireless routers but the owners are non techo. (I am the neighbourhood nerd and have set up all their computers at some time). It was the wireless routers that gave me some trouble that they probably did not have a clue about and rather than encryption I settled for mac addresses as the easiest. I actually provide free wireless 1500/256 internet access for two of my neighbours who can't get ADSL. Between use we still only use 1/4 of my allowance.
As a reward these neighbours are always trying to do things for me. While I was out the other day. I came home to find the front garden all re-landscaped and the back yard mown. Another time I was given a very expensive new HO locomotve that had been found in his warehouse with no owner. It pays to be "right neighbourly"
Barry