Harvey Van Sickle wrote:

> Have you mentioned it to your neighbour, in case he's unaware of
> people using his unsecured network, or unaware that it should be
> secured? (Or is he likely to punch you out rather than thank you?)
>
> FWIW, I set up a laptop for my sister-in-law this past spring which,
> out of the box, was set up to search for networks. It picked up 5,
> exactly *none* of which were secured. 4 of them were wireless Internet
> connections, but one of them was an unsecured wireless LAN for the
> local branch of Deloitte & Co -- the accountants/whatever firm.
>
> I wasn't surprised to see the home networks, but an unsecured company
> LAN?
>
Sure, the same people who buy stuff and just cluelessly plug it in at
home also do it at work. Wireless maunufacturers took the easy way out
by producing equipment that comes up in pants down no security mode as
soon as you connect it.