I keep our wireless network here at home protected by a password. I'm even thinking of taking the network's signature off the air so people can't enter it if they don't know what its name is.
My logic is far from security. I honestly doubt if my neighbors know anything about hacking computers, and even I know very little of the matter, even more so through a wireless connection. And the chances of me personally getting hacked through the internet, with a basic firewall, Linux and a bit of prudence in downloading, nearly none. I basically close my connection so that the DSL our family pays for stays within the house premises only. Simple. Only we get to use what we pay for. We have the cheapest package (and therefore, the slowest), so it makes sense to make it work for us as much as we could.
Any visitors come with laptops, me or my siblings can easily set them up to use the connection, so no problem.
My logic is far from security. I honestly doubt if my neighbors know anything about hacking computers, and even I know very little of the matter, even more so through a wireless connection. And the chances of me personally getting hacked through the internet, with a basic firewall, Linux and a bit of prudence in downloading, nearly none. I basically close my connection so that the DSL our family pays for stays within the house premises only. Simple. Only we get to use what we pay for. We have the cheapest package (and therefore, the slowest), so it makes sense to make it work for us as much as we could.
Any visitors come with laptops, me or my siblings can easily set them up to use the connection, so no problem.
"Let's fight... like gentlemen." - Dudley, SF3
