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Stealing Your Neighbor's Net

time.com — When I moved into my apartment three years ago, the first thing I did after I tipped the movers was sit down on a box, crack open my laptop and sniff the air for wi-fi signals. And I found them: my apartment was chock-full of delicious, invisible data, ripe for the plucking. For the next three years, I didn't pay for Internet access.

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  • madwaxer, on 06/19/2008, -0/+2what is worse than taking the signal?
    repeating it with dd-wrt!
    • ivand67, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1Make sure you secure your virtual interface so only you can access the repeated signal. :D
  • mike4410, on 06/20/2008, -0/+1My network has always been open. Just for fun my Linksys router is named NETGEAR
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