Wireless or Tethered? Are You a Cylon?

[Kumabjorn]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Everything? Good; then maybe you can help me. How do I wirelessly transfer bananas from a tree to my belly? Some days, I just don't feel like climbing after them.

Mmmm monkey paradise. WiFi bananas!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Everything? Good; then maybe you can help me. How do I wirelessly transfer bananas from a tree to my belly? Some days, I just don't feel like climbing after them.

You have to have a wireless 3d printer....I must warn you though, the don't taste quite the same!

[Apache]

I use wired and wireless. My Towers are all wired. Laptops, Phones, Satellite TV, Ebooks and Blue Ray Players are all wireless.
Apache

[xg4bx]

the only devices i have that can go online are my laptop and my 360. both are in the living room within mere feet of each other so wireless is totally unnecessary. i have one ethernet cord i swap between the 2 depending on what i'm using . for my kindle i simply hijack my neighbors unsecured wi-fi.

[FizzyWater]

I have a wireless router...and it has 4 ethernet cords connecting it to my devices. I'm paranoid, too.

[yoho]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I've gone wireless on everything including printers, TV, DVR, laptops, desktops, ebook readers and tablets.

It does require pw access but otherwise no worries.

i love wireless network and devices that supports wireless connection.

[plib]

Interesting exercise. I just checked and I have a total of 36 static allocated IP's running on the hard wired and three wireless networks. I didn't realize it was that many, though I don't think they'd ever all be online at the same time.

Towers, network machines, gaming devices and media players are hard wired. Laptops are, usually but not always, wireless as are tablets, smart phones and ereaders. I usually sideload my ereader though, so I guess it's semi-hard wired.

I haven't noticed any Cylon attack so far, but I suppose the really good ones don't get noticed, do they?

[dadioflex]

Not quite that bad but I use MAC filtering (yeah I know) on my wireless router and there are currently 17 active devices listed. Cables? Pfft.

I shouldn't really NEED four tablets, should I? I'm also a sucker for collecting cheap and nasty Chinese and Korean game handhelds.

[danskmacabre]

I also use MAC address filtering and WPA PSK2. I CAN see on my router all systems that attempt to connect to my Wifi and there's been no unauthorised attempts.
I realise MAC address filtering can be hacked as well, but still I'm reasonably confident I'm ok.

I store all data on a NAS which is also password protected, so I think any potential hackers will probably pick easier targets than my system.
There's still loads of people using WEP out there which is trivially easy to hack.

[applesauce]

we have 2 kids at uni. between us there is 4 laptops and a computer which is the file server, a media server, a tablet, 4 smart phones. trying to think if that is all. oh 3 ebook readers. everything is wifi or teethered to the wifi. the only wifi that gets turned off is my iphone and my ebook reader. I like to conserve power on the kindle and my phone.

if it beeps my husband will teether it hehehe

applesauce

[morriss003]

I do both. It depends on the device and how well in runs on wireless versus connected. My Blu-rays are all connected as is one of my laptops. The other two are wireless, and so are some of my other devices.

[Ravensknight]

Originally Posted by plib

I haven't noticed any Cylon attack so far, but I suppose the really good ones don't get noticed, do they?

Yeah, or it is total, in which case we won't survive

It has been interesting to see peoples differing views and how they respond to wireless security...

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by Ravensknight

It has been brought to my attention recently [by my wife] that I might be a bit on the paranoid side when it comes to wireless devices.

I just setup our first wireless router last month so she could use her laptop without an ethernet cable. For years I had simply run cables everywhere.

My superpad tablet, I barely use the wifi on it. Maybe on the occasional Saturday on the couch to read Mobileread.

My bluray player is the non-wireless version. [not that our 'net connection speed is great enough to stream movies].

Our 505's our wireless and even when we get some T1's [they were on sale for WICKED cheap, so how could I resist, even with other needs screaming for our money?] I will NOT be using the wireless option. At least, I don't think so.

So yes, I know I'm paranoid. And yes, I know that Cylons aren't real .

But I want to know, does anyone else feel the need to obsessively keep info constrained?

I keep a "sterile" machine and a "dirty" machine for the internet. I swap with a KMV switch. No problem. I don't fear the usual suspects as much as I fear the marketers. My music playlists and book reading lists and video watching lists are my business, not some <bleeping> marketers. So I don't have wifi on my gadgets, nor do I want it. If I can't sideload data, I don't get it, period.

Harsh? I suppose so, but I'm happy.

I also don't buy "phone home" software, period. I bought a Toshiba thrive tablet and shelved it. Even the "free" software made you "phone home" by giving out your e-mail address. That's none of your business. I'll stay with my netbook, thank you. (Assuming I carry anything at all. Y'all ever heard of a map? Or planning ahead?)

(Fizzy Water and I are just good friends....)

[Polyphemus]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Everything? Good; then maybe you can help me. How do I wirelessly transfer bananas from a tree to my belly? Some days, I just don't feel like climbing after them.

It's really quite simple. Just get the TV camera that Willy Wonka (Gene Wlder) used in the first movie. Remember that everything shrinks, so you'll have to send a lot of bananas.

Just don't point it at the Oompa Loompas, they are small enough already.

[DiapDealer]

I'm not paranoid... I just have very little reason to run willy-nilly around the house while simultaneously accessing the internet. I still sit down at a desk when using my computer (and I don't have any mobile wifi devices), so it may as well be plugged in. *shrugs*