Saturday, April 19, 2008

Don't worry, be happy

dear scold,

a friend told me that my wireless router was unsecured and that i should lock it down before something bad happens and i get accused of doing something i didnt do. i tried to fix it, but this wep tkpi psk wpa stuff is majorly sucky and i dont get it. can you tell me how to put the handcuffs on this biznatch, or whatever?

tx meng

legz spread wide open in vancouver

Dear Legz,

Your friend is an alarmist, and an ill-informed one at that. Nothing bad has ever come from sharing your Internet connection with the whole world. Heck, WiFi is like corporate income tax: it's supposed to be shared. The Scold says: don't worry about it.

Ta.

The Scold
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good grief. Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Thanks to the Scold!

Unknown said...

My connection is wide open.here

But I think it is very mean of you to think that our protectors at the CHRC would stoop to using someone else's connection to post their hate messages.