WiFi users. I'm interested in getting Wifi but am worried about nefarious people messing

[hunter]

7. If you have encryption on, does that make you LESS safe?

Say somebody gets your password or breaks your encryption... it makes it easier for whoever you are worried about to claim it was you doing the nefarious things even if it was them using the stolen password.

All the stuff that goes across an internet connection can be logged at various places along the way, otherwise computers couldn't connect with one another. But changing the identity and address of one computer to replicate another is easy too.

But that probably makes you worry more... sorry.

If you set up your wifi with good encryption and use strong passwords for your ordinary business, you are pretty safe. If you are really worried sbout it and you've got a computer with an ethernet port, just buy a really long cable, and don't use wifi at all. You ought to be able to turn wifi off however you are connected to the internet.