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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
I secured mine, not because I don't want to share bandwidth, but because I was told it would be easy for a hacker to steal data. Obviously, not just anyone could do there, but there are people out there who do.
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That's not quite true. Wireless networking is inherently insecure - especially if you are using the standard off-the-shelf equipment (which most of use at home).
Bruce Schneier has a
nice article on this topic.
In a nutshell: if you have a "secure" wireless network, the bad guys can still break in - so it's not secure. If your network is open, you can deny that you had anything do to with the bad guys using your open network. It's harder to deny that when your network is "secure" - especially when you are in a court filled with non-technical people.