NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers

tgell · Apr 25, 2011

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.

That new wireless router. He'd gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought.
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BILLMCC66 · Apr 25, 2011

Even a secure router is not safe any more.
I have had an instance a few weeks ago where i received an e-mail saying that i was illegally using a particular software, and as i had never even heard of the software in question it was baffling until i realized that someone was using my wifi.
I had just had a new system installed by my ISP for testing before they roll it out to all clients.
My PC is hard wired to the router and with my old system i shut off the wifi but had forgotten to do it on the new router and even though it was password protected it was breached, i suppose i should be happy that it was only an application that they used and not downloaded child pornography or it may have been me under the gun.

I have a suspicion who breached my router but as nothing further has happened i will let it pass and now i have closed that wifi so it is no longer available.

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NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers

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