Canuck

  Friday, 13 December 2002

 < 6:08:39 PM>.

From far and wide, O Canada, We wardrive on guard for thee: A sort of mixed bag of an article in which the author wardrives with a fellow who runs a wireless networking startup. En route, the writer notes a variety of Wi-Fi information, including the general lack of security. The Mounties tell the journalist they don't have Wi-Fi break-in stats because many victims don't report the incident. This makes it sound like connecting to the network is the same as cracking machines or copying files, of course; most Wi-Fi attacks are merely opportunistic connections.

< 6:07:04 PM>.

But we might not get anywhere because the Americans are threatening to clamp down at the border. They're afraid we'll bring pot into the US so they'll be stopping and searching more often.