Free High Speed Internet Eh?

[brett]

Anyone else see this ad for these lofts? Notice how it's promoting stealing wi-fi from the library across the street? Then it adds that as an amenity lol! I thought this humorous and a bit odd.

http://kc.backpage.com/rentals/classifi ... for%20rent

[scooterj]

When the water main break at 14th & Baltimore knocked out my company's internet access for 3 days back when we worked in the P&L Building, I was able to bring my laptop in and keep working.  From the break room I found 3 unsecured wifis from Clubhouse Lofts I could tap, and from the conference room I was able to get one from the Bartle Hall Conference Center.     

(I was amazed the signals made it that far!)

[Moniker]

That was one of the unlisted amenities of living in any of the Soho loft buildings. No one secures their wireless network, thus providing me with nearly 4 years of unpaid internet.

[Tosspot]

there was an unsecured wifi signal within range from my hostel room in Hong Kong...that's how I managed to post photos I took all over the net on the same day I took them, using my laptop.

[brett]

Why don't people secure their wi-fi?

It's easy to do.

[mean]

It's also generally pretty easy to crack.

[KCPowercat]

my "internet" portion is open....why not let people share?  I try to make my computers harder to get to.

[Tosspot]

It's also generally pretty easy to crack.

Is that the case even with my 26-character encryption key?

A while back I was checking my logs and someone was repeatedly sending me "the ping of death." So I lowered the transmitter power on my router to 12.5%, and it still happens occasionally, so I figure it's one of my neighbors in my building.

[brett]

my "internet" portion is open....why not let people share?  I try to make my computers harder to get to.

Because I pay for it. And I don't want some schmuck uploading bittorrents, while I'm trying to browse the internet.

[Moniker]

Is that the case even with my 26-character encryption key?

A while back I was checking my logs and someone was repeatedly sending me "the ping of death." So I lowered the transmitter power on my router to 12.5%, and it still happens occasionally, so I figure it's one of my neighbors in my building.

airsniff will crack most, if not all, encrypter wifi networks.

[bahua]

I can't imagine depending on wireless for permanent internet access. It's a mobile solution, not a fixed one. As such, theft is easy and security is exceedingly difficult.