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All along, I've been hoping that the average person would start to take computers seriously and make an honest effort to learn what is going on with them... since the average person has started using computers throughout the day, unlike say, 1992.

However, this has not happened and indeed, people are pleased to obliviously broadcast their personal details across their neighborhood without even considering 'if I can pick this up, can my neighbor next door listen in?'. They'd probably figure it out if it was just a radio, right?

Security hazards of unsecured (or poorly secured, say WEP) wifi has been known for some time, of course. My current favorite is coffee shop that don't use AP isolation... nothing is more exciting than eavesdropping on students doing their nursing homework.



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