Why I Leave My Wireless Network Open
June 15th, 2008
For the past 6 years, the first thing I did when relocating to a new residence was cracking open my laptop and scanning for a wireless signal. Don’t lie, you’d do the same. Somehow, I always seemed to find a wi-fi virgin too dumb to secure her connection. It’s “her” because a typical guy can do it with his eyes closed. Go ahead, call me a chauvinist pig. Boy when the “connected” message popped up, I leeched that signal like crazy. Sure I felt bad, but I was too broke to appease my unemployed-student conscience.
But now that I’m starting a job, it’s pay back time. For every megabyte I stole in the past, I’m leaving my network open for a day. That means I’ll WEP Key my connection in the year 2050.