RIDING SOMEONE ELSE’S WIRELESS BEAM
Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by Joy Schwabach
Our Internet service went off every few minutes for several days. A repair man came and isolated the problem as our modem. We replaced it and were fine. But before that fix, we were tempted to piggyback off our neighbor’s wireless. The big question and one that is hotly debated: is using someone else’s wireless service safe and legal? On the safety front, the big risk is that any data you share might be stolen. If you’ve designated a folder on your hard drive as a shared folder, that folder could be viewed. Recording your keystrokes as you surf the web is also possible, but unlikely.
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