Comment Re:come here, sweetheart (Score 1) 764
Your argument has to go both ways.
If you don't want me using YOUR wireless signal, then get YOUR wireless signal out of MY house.
I have had to help plenty of people reconfigure their networks because their computers just happen to grab a neighbour's wireless signal first before their own. If you can't be bothered to take the necessary steps to make sure your signal is encrypted, then I can't be bothered to check if I'm supposed to be on it or not. It's that simple.
Whoever came up with the house analogy make an important mistake with it. Houses don't come walking down the street and suck people into the front door. Wifi effectively IS doing just that, because it is ubiquitous and very difficult to block unless you create a foil wall to block the signal past the point you were intending to use it.
If you don't want me using YOUR wireless signal, then get YOUR wireless signal out of MY house.
I have had to help plenty of people reconfigure their networks because their computers just happen to grab a neighbour's wireless signal first before their own. If you can't be bothered to take the necessary steps to make sure your signal is encrypted, then I can't be bothered to check if I'm supposed to be on it or not. It's that simple.
Whoever came up with the house analogy make an important mistake with it. Houses don't come walking down the street and suck people into the front door. Wifi effectively IS doing just that, because it is ubiquitous and very difficult to block unless you create a foil wall to block the signal past the point you were intending to use it.
