Its my privacy and thats the only reason I need.

I know that sounds harsh, and I dont mean it to be condemnatish towards your comment at all. What I mean is that each person who wants to protect their network has their own reasons.

For instance, my wife and I use our outlook email server with web access through SSL to exchange things like credit card numbers all the time. We dont have the same numbers/accounts and if she wants to use mine I can send it knowing it never leaves our system....just an example...

Another example might include someone using your connection to do something malicious. To which one might respond, well the neighbor has a wide open AP, so they'd use his...and I'd say security through obscurity isn't security. I dont use a twist-tie on my door b/c my neighbor keeps his door unlocked...

I'm also a hypocrite- I run an open AP. ITs also firewalled off from my network entirely and has a captive portal with terms of service...which may indemnify me....according to a lawyer there hasn't been a case in Virginia yet where someone has gotten in trouble for someone else using their connection...provided your ISP is cool....


I like knowing my network is as secure as I want it to be...