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Pros and Cons of "Secure" Wi-Fi Access

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Secure Wi-Fi access awareness is a key component of overall user security nowadays, as most users (if not all) connect daily to one or multiple Wi-Fi networks from their laptops, smartphones, tables, and other mobile (personal and professional) devices.

Although it's widely accepted that WEP is insecure, aware of well known vulnerabilities since year 2001 and knowing it is possible to get the WEP key in less than a minute (or less) since April 2007, still today lots of vendors and service providers deliver their Wi-Fi equipment (Wi-FI access points) configured by default widely open or with WEP (case 0). Besides that, the fact that WEP makes use of a secret key creates a false sense of security on end users, assuming that if there is a secret key involved... it must be secure.

It is year 2011, we have the technologies for secure Wi-Fi deployments available, but we are clearly not making use of them in all common usage scenarios. Time to improve: >>

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What is your point or why did you post the link?

reply to Smokey Bear
And who really cares. Secure your own network and screw everyone else. I rather like having internet everywhere I go without having to pay for it. So I really like having WEP routers dotting the city.
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