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Analysis - Thursday, April 5, 2012 15:29 - 9 Comments
Wardriving & surviving: Who’s using your Wi-Fi?
This article is by Mark Gregory, Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Computer Engineering at RMIT University. It first appeared on The Conversation and is replicated here with permission.
analysis Late last month the Queensland Police started a new project to highlight the urgent need for secure wireless internet connections.
The “wardriving” project involves police driving the streets of Queensland, searching for unsecured Wi-Fi coming from houses and businesses. (Given Wi-Fi signals can have a range of up to 100 metres, a family’s Wi-Fi connection can be accessible from well outside the home.) When an open or poorly secured Wi-Fi access point is found, it is logged by Queensland Police, who will later send a letter with information on how to secure Wi-Fi access points (such as routers).








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