Even if all you do is enable WEP, it's much easier than implementing any of these myths and it will hold up longer. If you followed the advice from my previous blog on using WPA-PSK which is even easier than WEP, you most likely can't be hacked through your home wireless LAN.
What I can?t understand is what part of hard to use but easy to crack don?t you understand. What part of ?a waste of time? don?t you understand? As Mr. Marvinski says, it?s faster to crack your WLAN than it is to move to another ?hotspot?. I can assure you that he isn?t exaggerating.
This article is intended for your benefit but it?s clear that you don?t ?get the point?. But then again, it?s a free country and you?re free to provide free internet access and free access to all of your private information.
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