this, above all other reasons is why I use a dedicated VPN as my only secure connection. I can connect through a standard open router, connect to the VPN and have far more secure communications.
yes, it would be nice if a lot of these places secured their WiFi, but there is just far too many of them and too few of us. -eric from the central office of the Technomage Guild, Security applications Dept. On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:31 PM, Victor Odhner wrote: > I’m really annoyed that so many companies offer open WIFI when it would be so > easy to secure those hot spots. > > Restaurants, hotels, and the waiting rooms of auto dealerships are almost > 100% open. > > I am not one to say “there ought to be a law” because we have too many > doggone laws, and I’m not that into a lot of demonstrating and yelling. But I > would love to help educate companies on why they should secure their routers. > > If I were a progressive type, I’d suggest putting stickers on those venues > saying: > > We don’t have passwords on our WIFI > because OUR WIFI (and YOUR passwords) > should be available to everybody > with no effort! > > But being more right-wing, I’d much rather recognize that they’d be happy to > do the right thing if we could explain it to the right people. > > I’ve repeatedly thanked the mechanic shop I use (C&R Tire on Tatum) because > they have a key posted and I can feel sort of safe going online while I wait > for an oil change. But all the places that have open routers are corporate > owned so it does no good to gripe to the folks behind the desk. > > Any ideas on this? > > Thanks, > Victor > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
