| Brian Vagnoni on 5 Dec 2007 03:55:29 -0000 |
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I respectfully disagree. Your home is your castle, your place of peace and rest. It is also a place of privacy unless you live in a commune. Opening up your wireless network exposes your computer to unnecessary risk, and privacy invasion. With that philosophy why don't you just run a wired connection out your front door and leave it on the curb for passers by with a sign stating to please use my network. As I mentioned in private to other people on this list that there are certain intangibles that you need to take into consideration before doing this. It's fine and dandy if you live by yourself and don't keep person information on your computer or network attached devices. If you have family members, a wife, children; it's just irresponsible. Other children are a lot more likely to do something that could offend and hurt your loved ones; why give these people a chance. I've had strangers take an inappropriate interest in my personal life. You are never the same afterward; your sense of trust destroyed, feelings of violation. and your trust in people hard taken back. I keep a great deal of person information on my networks and would never just offer it up. It's one thing if you are a strong person yourself but if you have a family they need to be protected at all costs. Securing your networks is a small price to pay for your families privacy, security and sense of trust. Nuff said. Though I respect Bruce, I'm sure he doesn't keep person info on his system knowing how easy it is to steal. Like the wild west he has a target on him, every hacker out there wants to say, yes I broke into Bruce's computer and got his information. Brian
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