What's the basic security issue with an unsecured home router?
A neighbor of mine has an unsecured belkin router based on what I see in my wireless networks.
I can actually connect and use his internet connection (3 bars) but I have my own (five bars) so that in and of itself is of limited interest to me.
Still, I wonder.
It's almost as if he's extended a palms-out open invitation to me to do something, anything. (Am I a bad person for even thinking this?)
There must be some reason people go to the trouble to secure their routers (mine, for example, is secured with a password at least).
May I ask what earthly advantage would it be to have the good fortune of unfettered access to my neighbor's wireles router short of mischief?
What would I want to do that would be of benefit?
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Sharon in Wireless Networking
