Home wireless connections bring risks
While wireless home computing offers obvious benefits in terms of being able to surf the net and download emails from anywhere within a home, it comes with a potential downside - security.
Police national e-crime manager Maarten Kleintjes warns it is easy to tap into wireless networks if they are not properly secured.
More than the privacy of people's communications can be at stake. Spammers can hack into wireless networks from reasonable distances using directional antennas to deliver spam, burdening hapless computer owners with unexpected bills.
