Misc. wireless facts
Michelle Milloy
Don't know if any of you can use this in any way, but it just came out in our Security Sense Newsletter here at work and thought I'd share since it had to do with Wireless...
"A new study demonstrates just how much Americans are embracing the digital world. Half now have two to three computers at home, with 74% owning a laptop or netbook. All told, 31% said the laptop or netbook is their primary computer. Nearly 17% can connect to the Internet via their TV, and 24% connect via a gaming device. With the ever-increasing number of web-enabled devices, Americans are dependent on multiple devices to connect to the Internet at home, work, school, and play. These multiple points of connection pose new security risks:
Wireless networks have reached high levels of adoption; in the study, 70% said they had a wireless router at home.
Of these, 43% admitted they have logged onto a wireless network without entering a password.
That number increases to 66% for 18- to 29-year-olds."
(National Security Institute Inc.)
~Michelle