New Task 19: Wifi and security

I am very much aware of security issues with wifi. I set up my own wireless in my home and it is important to use appropriate levels of encryption and passwords. It is also a good security measure with home wireless not to make the range of your wireless too big. If you can keep the range pretty much within your property then it is very unlikely that neighbours or people on the street would even pick it up to know to try to get into it. Doing banking or other types of secure transactions on "free" wireless (at maccas, a public library, on the train) is a big mistake, and your asking for trouble - just because you can doesn't mean you should.