WiFi stealing

Everton | Jul 11, 2005 | Comments


Come on, own up, you’ve done it as well – connected to a WiFi network without permission. Well now you should think twice about ’stealing’ bandwidth. In the States a guy has just been convicted of unauthorised access to a computer network from doing exactly this.

I did once when my ISP was down and I desperate so I connected to my neighbours network that wasn’t secure (I told him afterwards). Even my network has been compromised in the past – every now and then I would see a few strange PCS/devices connected.


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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

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