Not really..
Using commercially available encryption schemes or MAC Filtering will secure your network from the vast majority of would-be pilferers but it is no more a guarantee of security than is say, locking your car and setting a car alarm, that your car won't be stolen.
Any hacker worth his salt can break WEP or WPA encrpytion schemes within a few minutes.
WPA encryption weaknesses rest in weak passwords, not in the inherent security of WPA.
That goes without saying....or at least it did until you said it.
I'm not anticipating a roving band of hackers to come through the neighborhood and start using my connection.
I guess I didn't make my point clearly enough so here we go again.
Too many people do not take ordinary care of their connections. Why make it easy?
I know hackers can always find a way, but why lay out a welcome mat for everybody and everybody's dog to glom onto your hookup by skipping the security features altogether?
I have WPA with a 28 character password. I guess a hacker worth his salt could break into my system but why is he going to bother when my neighbor's connection is open?
As my grandfather used to say “Locks are to keep the honest people out”.
Exactly correct, Wil, and completely misses the point of the article.
Try again.