Been noticing quite a few kids had been hanging out on the curb in front of a neighbors house who has no kids. When they are there, they are always on their cell phones. So I walked up over there the other day with my cell and searched for wireless signals. Found one unsecured, no password needed.
Next day I asked the neighbor if his was secure and he said no, said he did not know how. He asks me to go in and help him secure it which I did. The kids were outside on the curb at the time and within minutes 3 of them started pacing up and down the street looking at their cell phones.
Day after that I start seeing them hanging out on the curb of another house about 4 doors down. So I go out and walk up and down the street looking to see just how many folks around here have unsecured wireless and found about 40% of them were not secured.
So if you see kids hanging out in unusual places for no apparent reason it just might be that they found an unsecured network and are making use of it. If it's your place or a neighbors ya might wanna look at securing your network.
Next day I asked the neighbor if his was secure and he said no, said he did not know how. He asks me to go in and help him secure it which I did. The kids were outside on the curb at the time and within minutes 3 of them started pacing up and down the street looking at their cell phones.
Day after that I start seeing them hanging out on the curb of another house about 4 doors down. So I go out and walk up and down the street looking to see just how many folks around here have unsecured wireless and found about 40% of them were not secured.
So if you see kids hanging out in unusual places for no apparent reason it just might be that they found an unsecured network and are making use of it. If it's your place or a neighbors ya might wanna look at securing your network.
These kids are about 12-16 year olds. I kinda doubt they have a password to anything I would be interested in. Heck they cant afford cell service with internet access. 