Wi-Fi "Stealing" [Discussion]

[Purposeless2]

probs alot of ****.


i can crack the code to access it, but that it, not grab your bank details ¬.¬!!

oooh hardcore hacker :rolleyes: Not aload of **** its true that you can access details of what the user has been doing on their computer using simple free programs across the web

[WarezKid]

oh kk.

[N!ck]

All they did on the real hustle was crack a WEP secured network, which is pretty simple and then monitor the decrypted packets going across the network to find out they were booking a holiday or whatever it was.

[lumisota]

Breaking into a network and simply connecting to an open network, where the person chooses not to encrypt it, are two different things.

People cannot expect to transmit anything through the air without any protection, and have nobody "stealing" their connection.

I'm not suggesting we all get Mission Impossible style and sit in our neighbours lawn bidding on glassware on eBay (aherm), but hell, if it's not protected, and you aren't torrenting your socks off -- why not?

[xiao]

i do it sometimes when im at uni

[Technologic]

Well if people used WEP keys they wouldn't have this bloody problem..

[today]

I use the Schools sometimes, they actually have good speeds! :]

[Hitman]

I think it's disgusting that people use someone elses wifi without consent.

It's like leaving your car unlocked though, they should secure the network.

WarezKid/Jake, if you have the right software you can get their details. I gave you that program yesterday - the one with 175 things, that has WEP cracking (generating a password).

[PaulMacC]

I have a router with a secured WEP code.

[Mentor]

It so easy to get around that though.

And I believe that if it's unsecured then that's fine, and maybe i've been on secured ones before :rolleyes:.

Well maybe some routers are a bit crap, but generally mac address filtering is significantly more secure than web encryption which can easily be broken. (in terms of stopping people accessing the router and its facility's, but as with any none encrypted wireless, you can easily just listen in.