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Originally Posted by brightspot01
zcaveman
My son tells me the same thing...
However, my question is this....Why is unsecured offered as an option if it is illegal for anyone to "tap" into it since obviously that is the purpose. It sounds like "baiting" to me.
Guess I don't understand why we would be given the option to unsecure or secure.
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First off, a nonsecured WiFi network is the easiest to install. Also, because some people are not technical enough to know what to do. These are the same people that run without anfirewall or an anti-virus.
I think that if a third party installs your WiFi network, they will automatically secure it for you. If you install it yourself, you have to do some reading to secure it.
Before I even started to install my WiFi network, I read several articles about securing the network because I had already read articles about people stealing your signal if the network was unsecured.
I asked the Villages Computer Club to put out some articles on securing the network but they declined. I don't remember why. That is why I wrote the letter to the Editor about it.