[X4U] Re: Wireless "theft"

[Timothy Luoma]

On Jun 16, 2005, at 3:39 PM, Peter Apockotos wrote:

>>>>> LOL.  WEP can be hacked in three minutes.
>>>>
>>>> yes, as can your car lock.  But you don't leave your car  
>>>> unlocked do you?
>>>
>>> You are safer just to turn off the SSID and restricting access  
>>> with the MAC Address.  And that is a bad analogy.  You can lock  
>>> your car, put an alarm on it and get the club.  It isn't going to  
>>> stop a real car thief.  And thinking it will is foolish.
>>
>> If someone wants to do something bad enough, they will.... but the  
>> vast majority of the time they're going to look for the easiest  
>> target.
>>
>> If your car has an alarm and the club and the car next to yours  
>> has the top down and the keys in the ignition, which one is  
>> probably going to be there longer?
>
> That depends if it is on the thief's shopping list or not.

Which of course is completely irrelevant to the discussion at hand  
(since it was a metaphor).  One man's random wireless connection is  
no more appealing than another (yes I realize they may have different  
available bandwidth, etc, but unless your SSID is "big-frickin-T3"  
and the other guy's is "shared-14-4-modem" I doubt it will matter much.

The one that is more locked down is less likely to be bothered,  
although it is technically possible to do so.

WEP vs WPA wasn't my point, it was "some encryption" vs "none"...  
obviously I'd suggest the most secure you have available.

TjL