Yes, I admit, I am a high-speed "borrower" to much of my life, jumping over open WiFi networks unsecured waiting in airports or hotels or even outside the apartment of a foreign building. And I never thought about the security risks of this activity.
I called the loan because of the connection to "The Borrowers," one of my favorite childhood books. These borrowers were a family of little people - Pod, Homily and their teenage daughter Arrietty- about four inches tall. They "borrowed" for survival of the great people who lived in the house -. Food, clothing, furniture, even dollhouse
Of course, borrowers were flying, they just ... took what they needed. What could go wrong with that? The same rationale was behind my bandwidth surf. Of course, the flight would be something else, such as downloading the entire "Lord of the Rings" __gVirt_NP_NN_NNPS <__ film series -. Not only checking emails or update my Facebook status for a few minutes here and there
Well, for borrowers, their activities usually results in some kind of conflict with the adult "human beans" they lived with. Similarly with broadband "borrowing" it raises a number of moral dilemmas and security:
1. Stealing bandwidth is a crime that people can be prosecuted for. Think about this before jumping uninvited on any kind of network you will encounter.
2. "Open network and insecure" - As your computer just warned you, your 'borrowed' link network is unsecured and your unencrypted messages can be easily read
3. . legitimate free Wi-Fi connections in hotels or at the airport are not without risk. Thank you to "sniff" and "sidejacking" techniques, hackers can intercept unencrypted information sent via a WiFi connection open and filter passwords or financial details. Or, they might want to look at the photos you send.
A good way to avoid this is to use the free Hotspot Shield VPN software . This application creates a secure encrypted tunnel of communication between your computer and the Hotspot Shield server, blocking these potential eavesdroppers - even if they are sitting right in front of you in the café. It also hides your IP address to avoid monitoring by third parties outside the cafe.
One of the biggest concerns of borrowers was that they had to move if they were seen by their human hosts. If only they had a Hotspot Shield to keep hidden.
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