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Half of Web users admit Wi-Fi theft By Gemma Simpson, silicon.com November 19, 2007 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Half-of-Web-users-admit-Wi-Fi-theft-/0,130061744,339283893,00.htm
In brief More than half (54 percent) of computer users admit to using someone else's Wi-Fi without permission, according to research. Many Internet-enabled homes fail to secure their wireless connection properly with passwords and encryption, allowing others to steal access rather than pay an ISP, according to IT security company Sophos, which carried out the 560-strong survey. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said borrowing Wi-Fi internet access may feel like a victimless crime but it deprives ISPs of revenue. Furthermore, if users hop onto their next-door neighbour's wireless broadband connection to download movies and music, chances are that they are also slowing down their neighbour's Internet access and using their download limit, Cluley added.
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