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cheerful I got my laptop today. It's receiving a wireless connection that is unsecured. Does that mean that whoever actually owns the connection can see my info? It may seem like a stupid question to most of you, but honestly I don't know. Also, is one of those pad things that goes underneath it necessary? I'm really not geeky enough to own one of these things. I hope I don't break it or something.
My sister -- not the married one -- is turning 30 this year and she wants us to go to Las Vegas for the occasion. I think we can afford the flight and the hotel, but I don't know if we can afford Vegas. I'm not sure what I think of the idea, I told her I couldn't be sure until the end of the month. I'm going back to school and don't know how it's going to be.
August 5 2005, 04:58:52 UTC 6 years ago
As for the unsecured network, yes, they can see your computer name & the MAC of your wireless card. They can also see anything in any shared folder you have (which is not a problem if you don't turn filesharing out, it's off by default in winXP and linux, I assume also true on Macs). Theorectically, since it is unsecured, someone could pick up the information you send wirelessly, but if they haven't secured their network, I doubt they would be tech savvy enough to pull that off, as it requires packet sniffers and all sorts of useless equipment/software.
Vegas is very cheap, supposedly, as long as you don't do the gambling. Not sure how strong your resistance is, so let that be your guide.