Global Security Watch > Unprotected Wi-Fi Could Lead To Identity Theft

[Identity Theft Blog] Millions of people use the Internet every day, and with your business or your personal life growing more dependent on Internet communication, many people might be ready to take the next step and get a device that allows you to access the Internet on the go.

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http://www.windowssecrets.com [Windowssecrets.com] Wi-Finally: Security that works: If your Wi-Fi usage will be in a home or small business, and you can trust each Wi-Fi user not to give out your pre-shared key, the PSK method of authentication may be adequate for your needs. Be aware that anyone who knows the PSK can (with hacker software) decrypt and read other users' traffic, so this isn't a safe method for security-conscious businesses.

Boingboing.nethttp://boingboing.net [Boingboing.net] Boing Boing: July 2003: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;

[Drmblog.org] DRM News Blog: (Panasonic), and Hitachi Ltd., developed DTCP over IP (Digital Transmission Content Protection over Internet Protocol) several years ago as a way of mollifying consumer concerns about the use of premium content downloaded from the Internet. The last two generations of Intel's chipsets, the 915 and 945 chipsets, support DTCP, a protocol that identifies copy policies set by the content provider and decides whether that data can be transferred over a network to other devices in accordance with those policies.

Msmvps.com[Msmvps.com] The WiFi Zone: I've decided to blog what's happening in the wonderful world of WiFi and hoping to help push a few vendors hard enough to wake them from their current state of inertia. "Barb Bowman has been a teacher of Philosophy 101, worked in ski area design in Aspen, Colorado, and served as a production director for U.S. and U.K.

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