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Is it safe to leave your WIFI without a password?

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    Is it safe to leave your WIFI without a password?

    How do you secure your wifi? Is it safe to leave it open or are you using a password and if so why?

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    idealmike

    idealmike

    Hi Sanfora, this question is a bit of rhetorical question right?

    Basically, no it's not safe because without a password someone could logon to the Internet using your connection. Then if they do something unscrupulous or nefarious or illegal, then it will be you who has to answer for that because it happened on your connection. Then you'll have to prove that it wasn't you and that you have taken every reasonable step to secure your connection. That's just the main reason why you should use a Wifi password that is encrypted by WPA2 standard on a router that has an IPV6 firewall enabled at the least.

    Also the other reason is that someone could actually gain access to your router and any computer that is using that router. That means they could gain access to your computer/laptop and then use that for any reason. Either turning it into a zombie or just plain old stealing all your website and banking login details using a simple packet sniffer tool.

    There are people (if that's what they can be called) that go out "War driving". War driving is the process of driving around neighborhoods using a laptop that detects open Wifi connections and the connection itself shows if it's locked or not and if it's not then they go about doing things as explained above.

    So for Pete's sake, set a Wifi password!
    10 years ago

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    Lynne

    Lynne

    Ok I am seriously stupid then because I thought the greatest risk was that your neighbor might use up all your bandwidth on the sly. It never occurred to me that all these dodgy things could be going on. Of course looking at it from the things you have said I can understand why you never mentioned people using your internet connection hahaha.
    10 years ago

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    idealmike

    idealmike

    Oh yeah! That is another risk too. People "piggy backing" on your connection without your permission. Or worse, those who you give permission to, to use it for general reasons. Who then go and use it to download movies and that online making the connection lagggggg.
    10 years ago

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    Lynne

    Lynne

    Well I would rather my neighbor does that than have some crazies our War Driving and cleaning me out... scary stuff Mike. Thankfully I have always had a password.
    10 years ago

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    Corzhens

    Corzhens

    I didn’t know that a user of a wifi can gain access to other computers that are using the same wifi. From what I know, there is a “sharing” option that a user can grant to the network. That means if your computer files are not shared in the network then there is no way that other users of the same network can gain access to your files. Correct me if I’m wrong on this. But the issue of no password is really an issue because that is like having a home without a door lock.
    7 years ago

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    Everett

    Everett

    A couple of years ago my Wifi was unsecured due to getting a modem and router and I forgot to enable a password for it. A couple months down the road our internet service was disabled, and I was curious as to why so I called my internet service provider. They informed me that there was many illegal downloads, and that some movie companies sent an infringement notice of some kind due to someone downloading tons of movies via a torrent downloader.

    I informed the support agent that we weren't the ones downloading the movies, and they were shocked to find out that our wifi wasn't secured and then immediately placed a password on it and then reactivated the service. They said that the next time they get another notice they would turn off all services, regardless of whether or not we were the ones downloading the movies.

    Lesson learned! From now on, I always set up a password, and the password is a bunch of special characters. Our internet service provider only allows like 16 character passwords which is insane, and they should allow more. If they are serious about security there should be no limit on the password length. It may be the router or modem or whatever system that allows only 16 characters, but it should be updated as 16 characters in my eyes is not enough for security!
    10 years ago

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    ppscslv

    ppscslv

    It can be used for illegal activities, including terrorism... It's very risky. You should use WPA2 encription, not WPA or WEP.
    10 years ago

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    procoder

    procoder

    Wifi password is like the 'key' of your house. I'm not sure if you have heard about wifi antennas with long range, they can use your internet connection from miles away if your wifi is unsecured, so you should never let it without password. Make sure to use a strong password, also i'd suggest to install an extra firewall to your computer that will block any suspected activity in your connection, better safe than sorry.
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    ajlancer

    ajlancer

    Hi sanfora thanks for your question. I never used Wi-Fi without security or password. I think there has not other notable threat rather than free use your internet by some others. If you make your Wi-Fi password free anybody can connect with your internet. And you know all internet company provide service for limited bandwidth. So, if many user use at a time by same internet connection, your original speed will be share equally. For example: you have 5 MBPS internet and if 5 user connect at a time, all 5 only get speed by 1 MBPS Who want to share subscription bandwidth with neighbors?

    Regards by Ajlancer
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    EliteWriter

    EliteWriter

    It is obviously not safe. From neighbors who abuse of your open connection to possible illegal activities carried out without your knowledge, and possibly getting hold of your personal information, it is a must to set a password for your wi-fi!
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    peachpurple

    peachpurple

    I agree with you. It is not safe to leave WIFI without password. Your neighbor is able to access to your wifi, misused it for illegal sites or tasks that may lead you to trouble. In addition, they will slow down your internet speed, especially when they download the movies.
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    mildredtabitha

    mildredtabitha

    When I open WiFi, I always set a password. I also turn the WiFi off immediately when not in use. Hackers are everywhere and they can hack your password and use it to login whenever you turn the WiFi on.
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