August 30, 2008
Wi-Fi users vulnerable to ‘piggybacking’ (Guardian Unlimited)
Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:
Internet users with Wi-Fi could be paying for other people’s web surfing and exposing themselves to fraud, a report claimed today. Research from moneysupermarket.com revealed more than 3.5m adults, or 1 in 9, admit to “piggybacking” other people’s wireless broadband without permission. Of those who admit to piggybacking, nearly half (46%) said they check emails and do some browsing, while …
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