ATT down-- connecting to a local wireless?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by ziggie, Mar 17, 2011.

  1. ziggie

    ziggie Private E-2

    My ATT dsl is down and don't know when it might be back on.

    Anyway, i'm connected to a unsecured local wireless connection, what am I sharing with whom-ever ??
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    If you are piggybacking on someone else's connection, it is both illegal and may be dangerous. Unless your system is very well protected and you have strong passwords, you could be open to someone accessing your system.
     
  3. ziggie

    ziggie Private E-2

    Thx Tim;
    Thats what I affray of, logging off now till I get my internet back up and running.
     
  4. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    Hope you are back up soon. For issues that are unresolved with your ISP, you can always go to dslreports.com. Scroll down to your provider and look for messages about outages or post a message.
     

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