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Report Finds Friendlier WiFi Security Needed

"In the early days of WiFi -- 2002, 2003 -- most of the security didn't work on the stuff that was being sold," Andy Trask, co-founder of Geek Housecalls said. "People's early experience was they'd have networks that worked great, then they'd turn on security, and the thing would just croak."

Some 25 million households in the nation have a wireless network, and that number is growing. So, too, is the number of home networks without a lick of security on them, according to a report released last week by ABI Research Latest News about ABI Research in Oyster Bay, N.Y.

That's because, for most consumers, activating the security features included with their WiFi Latest News about WiFi hardware Powerful Yet Simple: HP ProLiant ML110 G3. Just $688 with the Intel? Pentium? 4 Processor. is frustrating and confusing, the report contends.

"Awareness of security issues is becoming widespread among average consumers," the author of the report, ABI Senior Analyst Sam Lucdero, said in a statement. "The complexity of existing security mechanisms is frustrating to many, but they regard it as a problem they just can't solve." Technology News: Security : Report Finds Friendlier WiFi Security Needed

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