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How easy is it to hack Wi-Fi?

April 30th, 2007 · No Comments

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To answer the topic - very easy if you do not know how to protect your network.

Everyone bums of a free wireless internet connection. There may be zero harm when someone uses your service but if the wrong person (hackers) get on to it, they could land you in some deep s%$t.

It can take less than two minutes for a hacker to defeat the security measures protecting many home wireless internet connections. Defeating these measures could let them capture passwords, steal confidential information or download illegal pornographic material.

Many users rely on an encryption system called WEP (Wireless Equivalent Protection) to stop others using their wi-fi lin. Little did they know that WEP has long been known to be flawed.

The most effective way to protect your wi-fi is WPA (Wi-fi Protected Access)

Read more of this interesting article by clicking here

p.s. on a side now, Johno will be publishing a tutorial on how to protect your wi-fi network soon. Watch this space….

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