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Old 03-25-2011, 01:18 PM   #66
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Is there any evidence that this is actually occurring on a significant scale among people who download illegal material? It's certainly something I haven't come across.
I guess if someone wanted to use software to get hold of free media rather than pay for it then they'd be just as open to using software to get free bandwidth. An extra benefit is that they wouldn't get caught as it's "beyond reasonable doubt" that the network owner is guilty

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(I use WPA-PSK security on my router, with a completely random string of upper and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols as the key)
That's certainly the most secure method of securing a WiFi network at present - your password would probably take days, if not weeks, to crack. I assume you don't have teenage geeks living next door with a lot of time on their hands
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