** Reply to message from "Neil Waldhauer" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:08:16 -0700
> > In fact I have read that
> > in the US, you are now committing a crime by having an open router!!
> > The point being that criminals (drug dealers, bank robbers, spammers
> > etc.) can use an open wifi router to communicate through and they can't
> > be traced.
>
> I imagine you may have read such a thing, but it is not so.
>
> 1. Anyone in the USA can have an open router.
Sadly yes. Most are open because the person installing it is ignorant about
security, they just plug it in and use it. Some people know about security but
are too stupid to do it correctly.
> 2. Criminals (or anyone else) using an open router can easily be traced.
If someone parks near your house and uses your open router how do you find
them? Even finding a neighbor using your open router would be a problem if
your neighbor knows how to fake a MAC address.
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