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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)Nov 2nd 2009 11:50AM
This is why I am glad I live in The woods, trees all around and my WIFI can't be picked up unless someone is sitting in my driveway, and if someone is stupid enough to pull and park in my drive way, hack my internet, they will be meeting the end of a shot gun barrel. Cause they will be trespassing on private property and illegally using my internet. No one screws with my family.
(Unverified)Nov 2nd 2009 12:33PM
Someone doesn't have to be in your driveway to pick up your wireless internet signal. There's actually simple devices that can be built out of a soup can and some wiring, and designs all over the internet, and these can pick up signal from 3-5 miles or more away. I work tech support and we deal with these issues all the time. Another thing to watch out for is that some ISPs have limits on bandwidth usage. Wildblue satellite internet (the company I work for) is one of these in particular. If someone is using your wifi signal, and downloading or uploading massive amounts of information (depending on your bandwidth limits, even so much as a few movies, or spending a lot of time on youtube can do it) there can be penalties from your ISP ranging from fees to your service being slowed, to your account being canceled if it gets bad enough. Just because you're isolated doesn't make you safe from hackers. And yes, there are people who put effort into finding wifi signals to connect to for free. I've actually gotten calls at my work from people like this, giving other people's usernames because they found their wireless network and are looking for the password, or asking how to connect to wireless networks they've found when they are on a dial up account. You should always take internet and computer security seriously, no matter where you live or what type of connection you have.