Bizarre pornography raid underscores Wi-Fi privacy risks

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  • Amputate Your Head
    There can be only one
    • Aug 2001
    • 39075
    #1

    Bizarre pornography raid underscores Wi-Fi privacy risks

    Bizarre pornography raid underscores Wi-Fi privacy risks
    Password-protect your wireless router, or risk falling victim to villains

    BUFFALO, N.Y. ? Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.

    That new wireless router. He'd gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought. "We know who you are! You downloaded thousands of images at 11:30 last night," the man's lawyer, Barry Covert, recounted the agents saying. They referred to a screen name, "Doldrum."

    "No, I didn't," he insisted. "Somebody else could have but I didn't do anything like that."

    "You're a creep ... just admit it," they said.

    Law enforcement officials say the case is a cautionary tale. Their advice: Password-protect your wireless router.

    FULL STORY


    Better lock that shit down.
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    • SuzzyQ
      Confirmed User
      • Dec 2006
      • 1557
      #2
      We use MAC address filtering for our WiFi.

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        • Linguist
          Confirmed User
          • Apr 2004
          • 1706
          #3
          Originally posted by SuzzyQ
          We use MAC address filtering for our WiFi.
          That doesn't work. MAC addresses are easily spoofed. WEP protection also doesn't work.

          WPA/WPA2 is the only way to go protecting your home/office router
          315-310

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            • CYF
              Coupon Guru
              • Mar 2009
              • 10973
              #4
              Originally posted by Linguist
              That doesn't work. MAC addresses are easily spoofed. WEP protection also doesn't work.

              WPA/WPA2 is the only way to go protecting your home/office router
              agreed

              I've got mac filtering, plus wpa2.
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                • marlboroack
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Jul 2010
                  • 9327
                  #5
                  I hacked my own network that happened to be a WEP with backtrack. I couldn't get it done when i reset it with a WPA, WPA2-PSK security type. You're right, better lock that shit down to china town :2cents.

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                    • shade001
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2006
                      • 396
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Amputate Your Head

                      Law enforcement officials say the case is a cautionary tale. Their advice: Have a strong door the pigs can't break down in three seconds
                      Fixed.....

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                        • Ron Bennett
                          Confirmed User
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 1653
                          #7
                          Sounds more like a cautionary tale of the police state in action.

                          As for the strong door suggestion ... in some jurisdictions, a door that's considered overly secured, such as a commercial grade door on a residence, by the authorities, itself is illegal leading to more charges being tacked on.

                          Ron
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                            • adultzone
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • May 2010
                              • 1499
                              #8
                              I have my password in my wireless router however I have my neighbor who knows how to hack wireless router. What I did is not to use my wireless router again until he leaves our community!

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                                • Emil
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Feb 2007
                                  • 5655
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by SuzzyQ
                                  We use MAC address filtering for our WiFi.
                                  Hehe, you need to use a strong password too. WPA2.
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                                    • HomerSimpson
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                                      • Sep 2005
                                      • 13826
                                      #10
                                      MAC filtering + WPA in here....
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                                        • The Ghost
                                          IslandDollars.com
                                          • Oct 2004
                                          • 12188
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Ron Bennett
                                          Sounds more like a cautionary tale of the police state in action.

                                          As for the strong door suggestion ... in some jurisdictions, a door that's considered overly secured, such as a commercial grade door on a residence, by the authorities, itself is illegal leading to more charges being tacked on.

                                          Ron

                                          Rather be overly secured than inadequately protected. Interesting part is the action of the police, guns blazing without even considering alternatives. Whoever DL the images must have done it from a Fed CP sting site.
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                                            • Klen
                                              • Aug 2006
                                              • 32234
                                              #12
                                              I dont use wifi,i always insist on good old UTP wired connection.

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                                                • Amputate Your Head
                                                  There can be only one
                                                  • Aug 2001
                                                  • 39075
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Ron Bennett
                                                  Sounds more like a cautionary tale of the police state in action.

                                                  As for the strong door suggestion ... in some jurisdictions, a door that's considered overly secured, such as a commercial grade door on a residence, by the authorities, itself is illegal leading to more charges being tacked on.

                                                  Ron
                                                  Exactamundo.
                                                  SIG TOO BIG

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                                                    • Vendzilla
                                                      Biker Gnome
                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                      • 23200
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by shade001
                                                      Fixed.....
                                                      The government will at some point make it illegal for people to have doors that can't be broken down
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                                                      think about that

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                                                        • seeandsee
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                                                          • Mar 2006
                                                          • 50945
                                                          #15
                                                          I use wire and i disabled wireless mode on my modem, fuck off my line!
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