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Old 24-06-2017, 13:31   #36
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Re: Virgin Media urges password change over hacking risk

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Originally Posted by jb66 View Post
What is there to gain from finding out my Wi-Fi password?
Depends where you live and who lives around you. People could use your connection to download all sorts of illegal stuff or commit other crimes, for which you might get the blame because your IP address would be all over it.

However to do that they have to be in signal range of the router. To break your password, possibly for many hours. To be honest, the signal from my Superhub is pretty iffy at the other end of the house, let alone out in the street or in neighbouring properties, so maybe the risk is not so great?
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