Well, we’ve talked about this before, and here’s yet another story that mentions how grotesquely 
inadequate security is on most home wireless computer networks. A study in home WiFi networks in Indianapolis found that a staggering 46 percent of the networks tested did not have any form of encryption turned on. That’s almost half — ripe for the hacking and taking.
This is a serious problem, one that is probably being under-reported. If identity theft was an issue before, it could explode by drive-by WiFi hackers to say the least. Manufacturers — why of why can’t you make it easier to — by default — have a mandatory wizard upon router setup that makes WEP, or better yet, WPA encryption, part of the required router setup? Most home WiFi networks are still horribly insecure - The Wireless Report
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