"While there are no statistics on how commonplace the practice of piggybacking unsecured home wireless networks is, networking firm Cisco System's spokesman, Mr Rayson Cheo, said it is probably quite widespread here."
Mr. Cheo, I have an Idea. How about making those Linksys WRT54G routers, which can be found in every house including dog houses doll houses and outhouses, secure? Why is it I can find an "unsecured wireless network" named "linksys" on any neighborhood street in America? And why would Cisco claim to be concerned with the matter - or are you simply more concerned with the matter that securing your boxes out-of-the-box would drive up support costs and drive down sales? (Rhetorical question.)
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"While there are no statistics on how commonplace the practice of piggybacking unsecured home wireless networks is, networking firm Cisco System's spokesman, Mr Rayson Cheo, said it is probably quite widespread here."
Mr. Cheo, I have an Idea.
How about making those Linksys WRT54G routers, which can be found in every house including dog houses doll houses and outhouses, secure?
Why is it I can find an "unsecured wireless network" named "linksys" on any neighborhood street in America? And why would Cisco claim to be concerned with the matter - or are you simply more concerned with the matter that securing your boxes out-of-the-box would drive up support costs and drive down sales? (Rhetorical question.)