ISP 'Six Strikes' Plan Delayed?

A national internet ID login is only months away you know. So stealing a WiFi connection will be irrelevant. How will they push this you ask. Simple, By extolling the "benefits" it will provide to personal security.

A national internet ID login is only months away you know. So stealing a WiFi connection will be irrelevant. How will they push this you ask. Simple, By extolling the "benefits" it will provide to personal security.

A national internet ID login is only months away you know. So stealing a WiFi connection will be irrelevant. How will they push this you ask. Simple, By extolling the "benefits" it will provide to personal security.

VPN security is a myth. We saw how easy it was for US authorities to fly abroad and ransack foreign data warehouses and the corporate bigwigs who own them, in recent event's. I don't think I need to mention any names.

A national internet ID login is only months away you know. So stealing a WiFi connection will be irrelevant. How will they push this you ask. Simple, By extolling the "benefits" it will provide to personal security.

I doubt this would happen.
The only way to steal wifi is to crack someones wifi password.
People cannot crack a 15+ character WPA2 AES password, so if you had security set up your neighbor would not have been able to connect to your router.
If you used WEP (WEP is the same as an open access point, but it does make it a crime) and he cracked it then you can call the police if you have proof with a mac address.

If the wifi is open then it is not stealing.

MAC address filtering offers zero security. All it takes is about 30 seconds with a sniffer to clone the MAC address of any valid connected client. Hiding your SSID also offers zero security as all it takes is any wireless sniffer to discover any APs.

Hiding your SSID and MAC address filtering offer 'security though obscurity' which, in this case, is so weak compared to a properly secured wireless network that they're pointless.

and dont forget all new routers with wps have back doors open unless you run an open source alternative.

at the end of the day wired networks are far more secured.
i run two subnets, and have an extra router heavily filtered and open free to use ..... let them go to thre easy route and log it

The best way to remain secure is to lock your shit down so tight even wannabe hackers will not have the "want" to bother.

Step 1: Don't Broadcast your SSID
Step 2: Use a limited IP Pool
Step 2: Set up false AP's (they're relatively cheap)
Step 3: Use MAC filtering
Step 4: Use AP authentication
Step 5: Use the maximum available encryption when possible, including authentication certificates with timestamped devices.

Or just don't use wireless... Remember though there are those and agencies who can act (even on wired connections) as if none of the above exists...

Incorrect.

Some devices will not even display AP's that aren't broadcasting an SSID. This reduces probability.

Use a limited IP Pool. If all your Devices are assigned to an IP address in a limited pool, New devices can't connect unless and old device has lost connection.

If you are unaware of how to spoof your MAC address, you will not be able to connect.

Step 4 is sort of a "to degree" type of security, the more modern the less easy it is to not only find info on how to hack, but the actual act of doing so is that much more complex and takes more time to accomplish as opposed to older methods.

Now if you combine several of the above, you can save yourself a lot of trouble as people who want to hack are targeting the weakest point, AGAIN making your AP more secure.

What was that you said again?

You obviously didn't get the post the first time I posted "lock your shit down so tight" is the phrase you'll want to pay attention to. Go ahead say it a few times to yourself if you need to.

said by Oh_No
If the wifi is open then it is not stealing.

so by your logic, taking someone's car that doesn't have the doors locked is not stealing???

just because someone is too stupid to encrypt their wifi, doesn't excuse you from using their wifi connection without permission.

in 2004 my router supported WEP
newer router
I have alreay had WPA/WPA2 cracked twice
first time a simple phrase
second time random numbers and letters

WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup is crackable if you use a newer wireless router then you have WPS support anyone with the proper software can get the 8 digit code to get access plus WPS has a backdoor for the government to monitor your Wi-Fi

my neighbors want me to turn off my Wi-fi security beause they refuse to buy thier own internet
plus my city Mayor wants to put a tax on all secured Wi-Fi connections

in 2004 my router supported WEP
newer router
I have alreay had WPA/WPA2 cracked twice
first time a simple phrase
second time random numbers and letters

WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup is crackable if you use a newer wireless router then you have WPS support anyone with the proper software can get the 8 digit code to get access plus WPS has a backdoor for the government to monitor your Wi-Fi

my neighbors want me to turn off my Wi-fi security beause they refuse to buy thier own internet
plus my city Mayor wants to put a tax on all secured Wi-Fi connections

I had several people knock on my door asking for the WPA key for my Wi-Fi connection. I live in a row home one side of me is an empty house the other side is my neighbors. in 2004 I shut off the Wi-Fi my neighbors had a fit over me shutting the Wi-Fi off.

6 strikes?

Come on. That just sounds dumb.