Ok, here’s the scenario.  You have your laptop at a coffee shop, someone’s office, or a friend’s house.  You turn it on and it detects a wireless Internet router.  All you have to do is click connect and you get free Internet, right?  Is that legal?
Well, that’s hard to say.  The closest law in the US that might cover it is “unauthorized access” or “trespassing.”  Most officials feel that the responsibility to lock up a wireless access point lies with the owner.  Many people, however, don’t know or don’t know how to turn on their wireless access point’s security, and so any of their neighbors or even people driving by could access their network.
And that’s the rub.  If you connect to someone elses’s wireless Internet, you are, in effect accessing their network.  So, while the law may be vague, the ethics are pretty clear.
Can others access YOUR wireless network?  Is it secure?  Or can any hacker sit outside your house or business with a laptop and access your files? Depending on where you live, one of our friendly techs can come out and verify your wireless network’s security.  Give them a call at 806-353-0004.