Conecting to Neighbours wireless???

albertross_2

If you do this, other people can attack or infect your PC's, sniff your email and everything you type, every website you visit from out of thin air, possibly get at all your files..

MickKnipfler

I know a guy that lets all his neihbours use his for £5 a month. He makes a profit!

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MickKnipfler wrote:

I know a guy that lets all his neihbours use his for £5 a month. He makes a profit!

Thats the way to do it!:beer:

superscaper

MickKnipfler wrote:

I know a guy that lets all his neihbours use his for £5 a month. He makes a profit!

If his ISP finds out they'll terminate his contract. Most t&c's forbid that kind of thing.
Please remember this forum is not about breaking the law or violating contract terms. And certainly not endorsing that behaviour.

robnye

MickKnipfler wrote:

I know a guy that lets all his neihbours use his for £5 a month. He makes a profit!

briliant, now why didnt i think of that......!

Browntoa

sometimes comes in handy...like today....when ones own phone line + broadband are down

fguk

Surely the onus should be on the owner of the router to password protect it.

If someone is stupid enough not to secure their network then its fair game!

People don't even password protect thier router set-up access page......madness!!

Sharing is caring!

One thought, if you leave your house unlocked, is it ok for people to come in and help themselves to your heating and lighting?

superscaper

fguk wrote:

One thought, if you leave your house unlocked, is it ok for people to come in and help themselves to your heating and lighting?

Exactly, some people on here seem to think that no security is the same as an open invitation.

Browntoa

I AM going to put a note through the guys door to tell him that I can access his network, can see enough to know that he has a Laptop in the front room and a Pc in the kids room...though I cannot access files or anything..

Jeez...just got on the routers admin panel as it's passwords been changed !!!!!

methinks will put a note through their door oif they are not in tonight

Spikeybabe

I don't think it's right to connect to someone else broadband because it will be them that gets in trouble with the law because it's coming from there internet connection it you download something you shouldn't. But please please be aware if they select the option 'my network places' they might be able to see your computer in the list and might see some computer shares on there computer and steal your data.

But the real people to blame are the Wireless Broadband router people because they should make it easier and protected from day one.