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'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'
News in brief: Whitehall crackdown flawed by easy-to-hack broadband, says TalkTalk
By silicon.com
Published: 19 October 2009 12:40 BST
ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking.
In a blog post last week, Andrew Heaney, TalkTalk's executive director for strategy and regulation, said a test carried out by the ISP found a high percentage of domestic wi-fi connections are at risk from hacking.
As a result, Heaney said, millions of people could potentially have their connections hijacked by hackers for the purposes of illegal file-sharing and could therefore risk having their internet access cut off unfairly.
Details:
http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39...39586410,00.htm
News in brief: Whitehall crackdown flawed by easy-to-hack broadband, says TalkTalk
By silicon.com
Published: 19 October 2009 12:40 BST
ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking.
In a blog post last week, Andrew Heaney, TalkTalk's executive director for strategy and regulation, said a test carried out by the ISP found a high percentage of domestic wi-fi connections are at risk from hacking.
As a result, Heaney said, millions of people could potentially have their connections hijacked by hackers for the purposes of illegal file-sharing and could therefore risk having their internet access cut off unfairly.
Details:
http://networks.silicon.com/broadband/0,39...39586410,00.htm