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Originally Posted by Crowl
This is an area where the isps do seem to be learning, including the wifi router as part of the deal and either having preconfigured for the customer in question or making the process much simpler.
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True - some do. Of course this is often at the price of security. I know that the first wifi DSL modem I got from Qwest left half the ports open, some closed, and almost none stealthed as they normally should be. Easy to fix via a router but the sort of folks we are talking about would have no clue on how to fix this. Then there is using the right WEP protocol and a decent password....
Of course, one could argue that better security is always the result of better knowledge and if all they are using is an iPad, security is less critical due to the locked down nature of the device and the smaller amount of critical data being stored on it.