Comment Sharing with Fon != opening up your net (Score 1) 297
The Fon deal is that you either flash your own Linksys or buy it pre-configured for a fiver in order to make it work as an access point for the Fon network.
Fon customers (not anonymous passerbys) will identify themselves, log into the Fon network and gain access to your Linksys AP.
From there they will VPN into the Fon backbone and access the Internet, this way they don't see your home LAN.
If somebody uses your Fon network to do bad things, he will 1) appear as coming from the Fon network and 2) be identifiable with the same level of confidence you can identify users of other wifi services.
You become a Fon customer either by paying (Aliens) or by sharing your bandwidth (Linuses).
Around Madrid (Spain) I already found several Fon APs!
If the security of the whole thing is well designed and implemented I don't see any issue!
Fon customers (not anonymous passerbys) will identify themselves, log into the Fon network and gain access to your Linksys AP.
From there they will VPN into the Fon backbone and access the Internet, this way they don't see your home LAN.
If somebody uses your Fon network to do bad things, he will 1) appear as coming from the Fon network and 2) be identifiable with the same level of confidence you can identify users of other wifi services.
You become a Fon customer either by paying (Aliens) or by sharing your bandwidth (Linuses).
Around Madrid (Spain) I already found several Fon APs!
If the security of the whole thing is well designed and implemented I don't see any issue!
