connecting to other people's wireless network....

[skim milk]

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[yruffostsif]

If they're stupid enough not to secure their connections, have fun. I'm thinking they wouldn't be smart enough to have a packet sniffer to trace you out.

 

[Savij]

If they have logging enabled (not usually on by default and i would guess most people don't know it's there) they will be able to see what sites are visited. I doubt that they would be able to get much more info than that from most wireless access points.

 

[TMPadmin]

If you are on their network they don' t know any better, so have fun!

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: TMPadmin
If you are on their network they don' t know any better, so have fun!

haha ok

btw. the name of the network is "linksys" if that says anything... i don't know much about wireless networks.

 

[Tetsuo]

lol...have some real fun and load some pr0n/gator/spyware/-7 on their comps

 

[TMPadmin]

Hey wait a minute! Get off my network!

Linksys gets the job done and actually pretty well for home use.

 

[alkemyst]

linksys is the default for a linksys wireless device, it also says to change that....even better is to not broadcast.

Morally you are stealing their bandwidth, technically they are idiots.

Choose your own path, grasshopper.

 

[Ionizer86]

Linksys is a router brand. Hehe, they didn't even change the default name...that shows a lot

BTW, I don't use WEP, and I don't do anything fancy with my router? Why? I live in a mostly retired community

 

[skim milk]

but seriously...... it's safe right?

I'm paranoid for some reason.... i want to check my email and log in to check my exam grades... but i feel like they are watching my every move

 

[Tetsuo]

Originally posted by: fritolays
but seriously...... it's safe right? I'm paranoid for some reason.... i want to check my email and log in to check my exam grades... but i feel like they are watching my every move

That's stupid, with that logic that would say that you would never use teh internet at school...or anywhere else other than your home for that matter

 

[Bootprint]

Maybe it's a honeypot and they're tracking every website you visit, grabbing every password that is used...

 

[whaleskinrug]

remember if they have AVX installed then can also *see* you from your monitor -- so don't surf nekkid

 

[crisp82]

Boot up Kazaa and have some fun dloading at higher speeds (I onlt Have 56K ). Milk there net conn for as long as you can.