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In reply to the discussion: SWAT team throws flashbangs, raids wrong home due to open WiFi network [View all]bemildred
(90,061 posts)First thing I did of course was turn WiFi off and configure the modem and router from a Linux box.
I'm just saying that if you are serious about security, you go wired, which removes the whole problem, although less convenient. And if you are not serious about security, you can expect to be hacked eventually. There was a story around here about how long you can have a Windoze box on the net before it gets probed for hackability, something under an hour it was.
The one time I got hacked (a file transfer worm) was installing a Windoze box and accidentally leaving it connected to the web while I was patching it up. Which points out an interesting problem, how is one to get a patched up copy of windows without connecting to the web and risking infection?