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Originally Posted by supernova1965
You can stop even these guys just turn off your SSID broadcast you can still use it yourself and use MAC address filtering on your router so only MAC addresses that you allow can access your network and WPA2 security and don't use the default username and password that comes with your router. These can be defeated but the hackers are not going to want to be sitting in front of peoples houses for that long. I also don't have a lot of time for Today Tonight there is too much sensationalism and down right incorrect information to take them seriously yes there is a problem but they make it seem worse than it really is they are the tabloid of the TV industry you know the world is ending in 2012 type |
Yes, current affairs programs suck.. nuff said.
That is the biggest problem with WiFi... the end user.
It is very very very common for people to set up their gear and leave the default settings.
Use a program like NetStumbler to sniff out the SSID, it tells you the make and model of router/modem/gateway.. you look up the factory default password for that brand and whala... you are in.
I was doing that while traveling thru Europe years back... I wasn't "Wardriving" or "hacking" tho.. not passwords and such.
Just using NetStumbler to find hotspots and people with 'open' connections and no password protection...
Yes it is illegal.. but hardly. I was not interested in personal info or accessing their computers.. for me it was just a gateway to the internet. These people do not protect themselves and I wasn't using any security bypass.
Some people appeared to leave connections open deliberately, saw a lot of that.
It kept my internet going for the whole trip
