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  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Pauls wrote: »
    When you do turn your encryption on, make sure you use a password that's not easy to guess. I once got onto a neighbours connection at the first attempt by simply taking a guess at his password.

    I'm not a hacker, I just work in IT and couldn't resist :o (btw, I did set it up for him in the first place and had him enter his own encryption key)

    Don't tell me, it was something really devious and obscure, like the name of his dog. Who is called Fido.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    You are advising the wrong person....
    st999 wrote: »
    My network is secured, it is my neighbour's that isn't but all I can do is get on the internet through it I cannot see his computer.
    Stan
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