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80% of WiFi Networks are still Insecure, Kismet Author Says

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the door-open-with-keys-inside dept.

acz writes "The brain and guts driving the development of Kismet is Mike Kershaw alias Dragorn, who works during the day on IBM mainframes and hacks code at night. Kismet is simply the best war driving tool out there plus it's free as in GPL and can even run on your linux PDA. In a recent interview posted on HERT today, he says: 'I've become entirely jaded towards security as a whole (or rather, people's complete lack of it) and not much surprises me when it comes to open wireless networks. ... the overall percentage of unencrypted networks is still at about 80%.'"

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  1. in Canada they don't even lock their doors... by iconnor · · Score: 1, Troll

    but if you want to live in constant fear of your neigbour, then please sit back, watch FOX news, vote for Bush, buy a few big guns, and keep away from any Mike Moore movies. I would pefer to live in a trusting society that has open networks that I can borrow when I open up my laptop.

  2. Re:Some on purpose to promote free WiFi. by Geraden · · Score: 0, Troll

    Of course there are better arguments, but not a lot of them would be understood by Joe Six-pack who just hooked up his Brand X wireless cable router (FREE after rebate!) and doesn't feel much motivation to be the least bit careful.