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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 10:13 AM Original message |
WiFi Turns Internet Into Hideout for Criminals |
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junior college (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. The transmission of wireless internet signals needs to be outlawed |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. WiFI is a scourge on society |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. why does an elderly woman even need a wireless router? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. For the same reasons anyone else does? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. most people don't need them. |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Why don't elderly need a router? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. i didn't say elderly- i said people... |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. What's elderly? Maybe 60+? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. "clueless, tecnologically challenged geezers"...? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. i know lots of elderly people (70 and up) with laptops |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. good for you. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. 1. I don't know what "elderly" means here; 2. Maybe the woman would rather NOT |
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habitual (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. your are only correct in relation to the use of laptops |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. No one NEEDs a router. But they can sure make life more convenient. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. So, we're supposed to pay the cable and/or phone company |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. most elderly people don't have multi-computer households... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. either they're multi computer or there is no computer |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. Well personally I have two computers |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Ease of connection. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Bingo |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Is Boston safe? Who is responsible for this hoax? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. She probably has a tech-savvy grandkid who hooked it all up for her |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Or, She Might |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I'm 57 and also clueless :) n/t |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Um, bc she wanted it? |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. The NERVE of Those Elderly Women. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. And they probably don't even KNOW how to use the Net |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. They Most Likely Don't Even Know |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. and they probably lost $20 at poker stars too! |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Up until her stroke at 88, my grandmother was using a computer |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Did you forget the sarcasm smiley? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. My 82 year old aunt has one |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. "...allowing savvy neighbors a free path to the Internet ..."? Please! |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. security |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. For sure. One has to wonder why wireless routers are allowed to be set up without security. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. OOBE |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. An Encoding Key, Too |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. And MAC filter, and, and, and |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Carlin Principle At Work... |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. from where i sit in my house |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. A good friend of mine used to snag her neighbor's wifi signal when |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. Unlike that fortress of virtue it was before. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
42. Get your router manual out and turn on your 128 bit WEP security.... |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. People really aren't wise to WiFi security, unfortunately. |
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