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Mistaken FBI Porn Raid

I've said many times on this forum that you really need to know about computers in general, your setup in particular and how it all works in order to get the best out of these music programs. In other words, you need to know what any 14 year old knows and be a nerd. Simple plug and play with no thought on your part is a laughable joke. It seems like being a nerd avoids a raid too. Wonder what his front door and the rest of his house looked like after the bust? Obviously it got worked out eventually but who needs this kind of grief and legal bills?

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Wireless routers should be designed with encryption enabled by default, and part of the initial configuration should involve stepping the user through the process of establishing a unique SSID, and setting a secure password.





That poor guy's story was a needless shame. I agree with the quote above. The companies who sell this stuff can be more responsible. It's not like they don't know who their customers are when they market it to use out of the box. I don't think we should all have to become computer geniuses because some companies are too lazy or cheap to make customer security a priority.

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It's a matter of balancing the amount of support calls with the amount of 'plug and play' users and the rest of the 'security oriented' users.

I like when they make security simple, but some people get flustered by the extra work setting up a device ..
It's a matter of user ability that determines where the right 'break even' point is for developers.

Most wireless routers DO make encryption an easy feature to enable, but if forced on the user it may result in a lot of support calls. Those users concerned enough with the security issue usually find an easy way to accomplish the goal. Those who are clueless on the other hand ...


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"Everything I know about computers I learned in self defense." (c)

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Perhaps the mfrs will learn that the simplest way to handle the problem would be to simply ship the routers in a state that does not work as an open public router when first turned on and automatically steers the customer to the security setup page with a simplified prompting that walks the customer through entering security code.


Even with all that, blaming the mfr. for the antics of criminal types is not the approach to take, IMO.


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