[Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? in Wireless Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22613321 en Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:34:51 EDT Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:34:51 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669557 DaMaGeINC : Ya, I hacked him just to prove a point. I changed the name to "then using a better form of security" He changed it back to no stealing and kept the same wep enc. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669557 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:52:27 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668589 DownTheShore : I like "No Stealing" using WEP - lol. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668589 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:01:20 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668310 DaMaGeINC : Here is mine!
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22668310 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:16:29 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22665250 Nerdtalker : They were unprotected, then... er... someone changed the SSIDs to funny/ironic things like "I'M NOT GOOD WITH COMPUTERS OH SHI-" or "THIS SHOULDNT BE HERE WHAT TH-" or other such names. Then, about a week passed, they all went down and came back up with WPA2. Only one remains with WEP.
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The other, not sure who it belongs to. Haven't tried going down the street to look for unprotected yet. That's just what I can detect from my house/yard.
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As with nwrickert, a few short years ago it would have been the opposite answer, most sites were not protected.

Most here are 11g WPA protected.
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Blake
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22622645 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:03:46 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22621892 Thane_Bitter : No, the first one was stuff I could easily pick up in the house, the second one was I had access to a very good directional antenna. Not sure why by the house seems rather transparent to WiFi, when I had equipment that supported WEP only I removed the antenna as to reduce its range to the neighbours, most people are trying to increase signal, I was trying to do the opposite.

Correct, InSSIDer does provide encryption data in addition to some neat graphs (channel graph especially), though at the moment I still feel that they compliment each others features.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22621892 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:50:13 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22621213 antdude :
said by Thane_Bitter See Profile :

(NS reports any encryption as WEP, although it could be WPE, WPA or WPA2. Offensive names & MAC removed)

Too many, just check out these scans via NetStumbler. No security, default device names, and even the odd fool that use their own name as SSID markers. :uhh:
Wow, are you in an apartment or something?

For me, only saw one unencrypted one as of a few weeks ago. I remember when half of them were opened a few years ago. I guess people noticed. ;)

I think InSSIDer can see the differences of encryptions (WPA, EPA, etc.): »www.metageek.net/products/inssider ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22621213 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:15:31 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22621067 Thane_Bitter : (NS reports any encryption as WEP, although it could be WPE, WPA or WPA2. Offensive names & MAC removed)

Too many, just check out these scans via NetStumbler. No security, default device names, and even the odd fool that use their own name as SSID markers. :uhh:

bad

even worse
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The blacked out SSID was quite vulgar FWIW...
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22619553 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:45:40 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22619329 tmr250z : Three 2WIRE's around me, all protected by WPA, while I'm the lone router protected by WPA2. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22619329 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:07:28 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22618728 DownTheShore : 2 unprotected out of 13.

5 still using WEP.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22618728 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:10:40 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22618428 csiemers : I have 2 that turn up, one protected, the other not.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22618428 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:50:44 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22617983 JohnInSJ : thanks, I voted (all)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22617983 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:16:53 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22615161 zach3 : I am somewhat surprised but all 3 of the ones I can see are protected. One is corporate and 2 are single family signals.

Zach]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22615161 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:40:17 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22614842 haroldo :
said by JohnInSJ See Profile :

no, ALL are protected (missing choice, poll fail)
edited (choice added, poll pass)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22614842 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:51:36 EDT Re: [Poll]Are there many open WiFi signals in your area? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22614332 JohnInSJ : no, ALL are protected (missing choice, poll fail)
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Just wondering how many people protect their network.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22613321 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:28:02 EDT