On my way home from the pub last night I had wireless enabled on my phone and was shocked that in the short distance between the pub and my house there was 3 unsecure wireless networks. It certainly surprised me of the number of wireless networks that were on my way home probably around a dozen or so that I could see (not including the ones I was not allowed to see).
Having an unsecure home wireless network these days is unforgiveable, I know that not everyone is computer literate but its something that is very simple to setup and a must for all home owners. Having an unsecure network means that anyone could download data that should not be allowed but they would be held responsible for it. I’ve had a wireless network for almost 5 years now and everything is secure and the SSID is hidden. Hiding the SSID is a simple option to do and just adds that little bit extra of security because people have to search abit more for it. I know that doing this and not have security is still not good enough, as I found out when I was having trouble with my linux server when it was using the wireless network I download a piece of software and it was able to see the hidden SSID.
It was interesting to note that most of the secure ones were labelled as BThomehub-nnnnnnn which is good to see that by default most of the new home hubs are correctly secure. Even more interesting was the number of SSIDS like linksys-nnnn which were not secure, meaning someone has purchased this over the counter and does not have the full understanding of how to setup the router.
If anyone out there is reading this then make sure that you setup is secure.
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