<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’m really annoyed that so many companies offer open WIFI when it would be so easy to secure those hot spots.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Restaurants, hotels, and the waiting rooms of auto dealerships are almost 100% open.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am not one to say “there ought to be a law” because we have too many doggone laws, and I’m not that into a lot of demonstrating and yelling. But I would love to help educate companies on why they should secure their routers.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">If I were a progressive type, I’d suggest putting stickers on those venues saying:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> We don’t have passwords on our WIFI</div><div class=""> because OUR WIFI (and YOUR passwords)</div></div><div class=""> should be available to everybody</div><div class=""> with no effort!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But being more right-wing, I’d much rather recognize that they’d be happy to do the right thing if we could explain it to the right people. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve repeatedly thanked the mechanic shop I use (C&R Tire on Tatum) because they have a key posted and I can feel sort of safe going online while I wait for an oil change. But all the places that have open routers are corporate owned so it does no good to gripe to the folks behind the desk.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any ideas on this?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Victor </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div></div></body></html>