It's Your Privacy - Is Your Home Wireless Safe?

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It's Your Privacy Topic for Today Is: Is Your Home Wireless Safe?

Wireless internet access can offer convenience and mobility. But there are steps you should take to protect your wireless network and the computers on it.

A wireless network can connect computers in different parts of your home or business without a tangle of cords and enable you to work on a laptop anywhere within the network's range.

The downside of a wireless network is that, unless you take certain precautions, anyone with a wireless-ready computer can use your network. That means your neighbors, or even hackers lurking nearby, could "piggyback" on your network, or even access the information on your computer. And if an unauthorized person uses your network to commit a crime or send spam, the activity can be traced back to your account.

Don't let that happen to you. Listen and learn how to make your home wireless network at safer and more enjoyable feature of being on the Internet.