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Wi-Fi cloaks a new breed of intruder
By ALEX LEARY, Times Staff Writer, St. Petersburg Times
Published July 4, 2005
...Police say Benjamin Smith III, 41, used his Acer brand laptop to hack into Dinon's wireless Internet network. The April 20 arrest is considered the first of its kind in Tampa Bay and among only a few so far nationwide. But experts believe there are scores of incidents occurring undetected, sometimes to frightening effect. People have used the cloak of wireless to traffic in child pornography, steal credit card information and send death threats, according to authorities...
With high-speed internet access speeds approaching 6Mbps, or roughly 100 times the speed of a standard modem, and costs rapidly descending, it is common for the modern household and small businesses to contain multiple PCs and laptops with the objective of sharing the bandwidth. Just imagine the numerous benefits of wireless connectivity - productivity from the couch, share printers from your office, casually surf in the den or by the pool. However, through industry analysis and our own personal adventures, the majority of wireless network installations are left wide open to prying eyes and headlines of wi-fi theft are proliferating.
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