Sunday, 3 August 2008
Why you should always secure your wifi connection
It's amazing how often I am in places where I can find an unsecured wifi network - especially in the business sectors of cities where you'd think companies would know better. Here's the most cogent reason yet for making sure your personal or business wifi is properly secured:
Mumbai police raided the home of Kenneth Haywood, an American ex-pat, when his wifi was used to send an email taking responsibility for a terrorist outrage. The email address was created just ten minutes before it was sent, probably for exactly that purpose. Mr Haywood had no idea, one assumes, who was using his connection.
Of course some providers want to share and provide free wifi to as many people as possible as a service to the community. Worthy - they shouldn't have to suffer and are not responsible for who uses their wifi.Labels: internet policy, online identity, privacy, safety, security, wifi
posted by Helen Whitehead 12:20 PM
