[HawaiianGecko]

_hg

I live lakefront on a very large and popular lake and on the big weekends like the 4th of July when the lake is packed with boats, I open up my connection to the public, fire up CommView (packet sniffer) and watch boats congregate around my dock after a bit of war driving.  It's amazing to sift through data and see what people allow to travel through an unknown person's network.  It's even more fun to log the sites they visit.

I agree that having an open router to the net isn't dangerous if you know what you are doing. It's simple to secure your network, files and printers and other computers.  It's logging onto an unknown open network that'll get you in trouble.

I also agree that this doesn't have a darn thing to do with Microsoft.  IEEE 802.11 has nothing to do with MS.

 

[flintsilver7]

Don't get out much, do you?

[paul51]

It's amazing to sift through data and see what people allow to travel through an unknown person's network. It's even more fun to log the sites they visit

Nothing better to do? It sounds like your proud of yourself. Most people would be ashamed to admit to such behavior

[JeffAtlanta]

Aren't you opening yourself up to potential problems like child pornography? If one of the guys in the boat does anything illegal with your connection, it will be traced back to you.

In a lot of instances like this, you are guilty even if you can prove your innocence.