 haroldo
join:2004-01-16
united state
kudos:1
 ·Comcast
2 edits | [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? Poll
When you are at home are you picking up non-password protected WiFi signals? |
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Just wondering how many people protect their network. |
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 nwrickertsand groperPremium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
kudos:7 | Three years ago, most were open. Currently most are protected, though in many cases with only WEP.
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 JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA | reply to haroldo
no, ALL are protected (missing choice, poll fail)
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haroldo
join:2004-01-16
united state
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Comcast
| said by JohnInSJ:no, ALL are protected (missing choice, poll fail) edited (choice added, poll pass) |
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zach3ZachPremium
join:2000-05-04
Saint Louis, MO | reply to haroldo
I am somewhat surprised but all 3 of the ones I can see are protected. One is corporate and 2 are single family signals.
Zach |
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JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA | reply to haroldo
thanks, I voted (all) |
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I have 2 that turn up, one protected, the other not. |
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 DownTheShoreTag, you're itPremium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
kudos:11 | reply to haroldo
2 unprotected out of 13.
5 still using WEP. |
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Three 2WIRE's around me, all protected by WPA, while I'm the lone router protected by WPA2.  |
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 SoonerAlOld enough to know betterPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
kudos:5
1 edit | reply to haroldo
6 of the 8 visible networks are secured in my immediate neighborhood as seen from my Ubuntu laptop. Of course I control two of the eight...
The blacked out SSID was quite vulgar FWIW...
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bad | 
even worse |
Too many, just check out these scans via NetStumbler. No security, default device names, and even the odd fool that use their own name as SSID markers.  |
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 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
kudos:2
·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | said by Thane_Bitter:(NS reports any encryption as WEP, although it could be WPE, WPA or WPA2. Offensive names & MAC removed)Too many, just check out these scans via NetStumbler. No security, default device names, and even the odd fool that use their own name as SSID markers. Wow, are you in an apartment or something?
For me, only saw one unencrypted one as of a few weeks ago. I remember when half of them were opened a few years ago. I guess people noticed.
I think InSSIDer can see the differences of encryptions (WPA, EPA, etc.): »www.metageek.net/products/inssider ... |
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| No, the first one was stuff I could easily pick up in the house, the second one was I had access to a very good directional antenna. Not sure why by the house seems rather transparent to WiFi, when I had equipment that supported WEP only I removed the antenna as to reduce its range to the neighbours, most people are trying to increase signal, I was trying to do the opposite.
Correct, InSSIDer does provide encryption data in addition to some neat graphs (channel graph especially), though at the moment I still feel that they compliment each others features. |
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DownTheShoreTag, you're itPremium
join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
kudos:11 | reply to antdude
InSSIDer view:
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Voted "No other signals near my home" since I am in a rural area. But, I will be expecting some soon, since the local WISP is expanding in my area. |
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 Link LoggerPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
Calgary, AB
kudos:3
·Shaw
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Wifi security and awareness has come a long way in the last couple of years where most access points seemed to be open to now where most access points are security or at least reasonably security.
Blake
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haroldo
join:2004-01-16
united state
kudos:1 | ...thus the survey |
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 PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-20
Bristol, CT
kudos:5
·Comcast
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| Most are protected in my area, though it varies from time to time, as in an apartment complex folks come and go.
As with nwrickert, a few short years ago it would have been the opposite answer, most sites were not protected.
Most here are 11g WPA protected.
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 habyaPremium
join:2003-05-29
Huntsville, AL
·Comcast
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There is now 1 here that is unprotected. It was two, but I noticed it was my neighbor's (used their name), so I went and helped them turn on WPA random pass; they're elderly so had no idea what all that was, they just hooked up the router and connected to it....
The other, not sure who it belongs to. Haven't tried going down the street to look for unprotected yet. That's just what I can detect from my house/yard.
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 NerdtalkerWorking Hard, Or Hardly Working?Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ | reply to haroldo
They were unprotected, then... er... someone changed the SSIDs to funny/ironic things like "I'M NOT GOOD WITH COMPUTERS OH SHI-" or "THIS SHOULDNT BE HERE WHAT TH-" or other such names. Then, about a week passed, they all went down and came back up with WPA2. Only one remains with WEP.
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