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Old 08-02-2005, 04:21 PM
Alex Heney
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Default Re: Hijacking a broadband connection

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:19:52 +0100, Paul Harper in message
<news:a70ve1toq1fh89t1b3pi6km79u561dfe9c@4ax.com > wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:02:47 +0100, Alex Heney <me8@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>There is one HUGE difference.
>>
>>There is no big sign saying "Free wireless connection here".

>
> There *is* if they are broadcasting (that's they key word, right
> there) the SSID of the network.
>


Rubbish.

If they change the SSID to something indicating it was providing free
access, fair enough.

But just broadcasting it is absolutely NOT enough.

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