..... snipped for sanity ............


hummmmmm ............. interesting. odd sounding tho , as the
" secure " areas that I'm familiar with are strictly " swept " on a
regular schedule and in between ( randomly ) to boot , plus have
strict sets of rules covering this kind of stuff.

usually a person ( worker or civilian ) has to ask for facility
permission to " transmit " anything in the secure or restricted
access areas ( including base housing ) and register their
transmitter. facilities are particularly alert to wi-fi ( vhf ham
gear, microwave transmitters including motion detectors ,
satellite internet operations etc. ) and even connecting to wi-fi
in town from the areas mentioned above ( using an outside gain
antenna for range ) , because they often access base related
resources or may pose interference issues with base equipment.
even " civilian only " usage ( say a satellite dish internet
connection ) often can translate to " base " information access
or interference of certain types and is subject to approval and close
scrutiny.
this approval process can sometimes take months and is often
disallowed with NO explanation. most of these types of places , these
days, provide their own wi-fi and / or internet connections to
eliminate this type of problem and provide their users with state of
the art internet / intranet resources.

you can bet that if that article was " really " the case , then some
base security people screwed up somewhere , someone on base is going
to be ( or has been ) hammered for breaking the rules, that because
they have made a public mention of it NO current possibilities for
unsecured wi-fi exists. they probably had to hammer some innocent but
" influential " home wi-fi user and made this public ( political )
attempt to explain it and smooth it all over somewhat ! ah aha hahaha
a

facility wardriving isn't what it once was , I can tell you for sure
! in times past, enforcement of these
rules was pretty much laxidasical or nonexistent , but since homeland
defense got into full operation ( and all the other mil / government
/ contractor security resources started having testosterone
competitions with those homeland guys ) ... strong enforcement and
checking / sweeping activities have been the " rule " . it's more
to do with everyone checking on everyone else and " being right " (
and justifying your own existence / budget and looking like you are
doing something ) than anything really to do with security ! <g>