Do you even try to tapping into the other’s home wireless network (WIFI) connection using your computer to access Internet?! If you did it, and still doing it now you should read this blog in order to know the consequences!
There is a case in Singapore that a teenager to be charged in Singapore under the law for tapping to gain unauthorized access into other’s home WIFI. If convicted, he can go to the jail up to 3 years and fined up to S$ 10,000.
So, before you trying to tap into other’s home WIFI, first checking out Malaysia Law to determine whether any Act will make you get end up in the jail by this act.
The question is who is responsible to secure the home WIFI system? Whether is the owner or the service provider?!
In my own opinion, both of them are responsible to secure the home WIFI system. For owner, they must secure their WIFI system by setting a password and ensure the password didn’t know by others. Without setting a password, when others access into their network, the owner will have no one to blame. Besides that, owner can search the net, to get more information in order to protect their own WIFI system.
In most circumstances, the owner may not know that others are tapping into their wireless network. Hence, service provider plays an important role to protect customer’s WIFI system being unauthorized access by others. The service provider should form a system which is able to discover that the consumer’s network is being unauthorized accesses by others or a system which can strongly prevent unauthorized access.
As a conclusion, in order to prevent unauthorized access, owner and the service provider are playing an important role. Owner should take own responsibility within their capabilities to protect their own network and the service provider create a stronger system in the aim to protect customer’s benefit.
This is my review website:
http://ecommerze.blogspot.com/search/label/Internet%20Security
My review blog :
Unauthorised tapping into home WIFI – Teenager is facing a jail term.
This website is recommended to identify what can be done by the owner to protect their network:
http://www.dailywireless.com/features/secure-wireless-lan-021507/
Friday, June 20, 2008
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Posted by Mxchew at 1:06 PM
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No dubt,these case is getting worse now.So,in my network, I'll configure devices that support Windows Connect Now from settings I specified on a Windows XP-based computer. D-Link Systems is releasing at least three networking and consumer devices that support Windows Connect Now.
i agree with your point that the user and the service provider have their resposible.....but for my own opinion that the service provider need to has a system that for the user to login with their Id and password....so that it can more secure a bit la...besides enter id and password they also can set some secret question for the user to login...and make sure that the user has their right only...
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