Indentity Theft from Insecure  Wireless Internet Connection

Wireless internet or WiFi enables you to pick up a digital signal from a router – the signal is sent from the router and is picked up by either an internet wireless receiver or USB receiver fitted to your personal computer or laptop.

The danger arises if you have set up your router without an encrypted signal which means that anyone within a certain radius of your router would be able to use your internet connection, but could also, with the right software, access data stored on your machine. This could be your online banking or accounting records, passwords, CV etc.  All of these would make it easy to steal not only your money, but your identity.

For you own protection you should make sure that your wireless product uses a WEP key – Wireless Encryption Protocol and that you have it enabled.  Ensure your password is not easy to guess.