Peter;183360 Wrote: > ASS-Ware wrote: > > jonheal;182579 Wrote: > > > >> Being pretty much an idiot when it comes to networking stuff, > please > >> clarify something for me: > >> > >> As I understand it, encrypting your wireless broadcasts (hopefully) > >> prevents an eavesdropper from reading the packets you send out into > the > >> atmosphere. Protecting the integrity of your network, and the > machines > >> on it, is another matter entirely. Am I wrong in that assumption? > And > >> if all your broadcasting is music packets, is it that big of a deal > to > >> protect them? > >> > > > > The thing is, once somebody hacks your wifi, that person is in your > > network and can try to access all computers in your network, and > even > > worse, use your internet connection for attacks to other networks on > > the web and you are the one to blame if it's discovered as they use > > your connection. > > And what about somebody hacking your wifi and thus being part of > your > > network and then download child pornography ? > > If discovered, they come to your door !!! > > That happened not far from my village. > > > > They may come to your door, but they won't prosecute you unless they > find more evidence. Of course, the hacker may leave some evidence on > your disk, but that would be a personal attack against you, which is > possible if you have enemies. It sounds unlikely to me that child porn > > enthousiasts would possess such technical knowledge and go through all > > that physical work. If you're that good, you'd better set up a botnet > to > do your dirty work and control them over TOR from the comfort of your > own home. > > Regards, > Peter
Well, it happened close to my town. -- ASS-Ware ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASS-Ware's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4280 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32888 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
