Why Your Wireless Connection Should Be Secure...

As in Password secure people....


Because sneaky people like Jer just might soak up all your Internet speed by using YOUR wireless modem to..... say.....

PLAY WORLD OF WARCRAFT AT WORK.


You see that nifty thing that is up on the shelf? it kinda looks like a soup can. Well, that is a "Cantenna" people. It helps to amplify and stabilize a wireless signal for people who aren't really close to said signal.... I think he's about a block away from the house with the UNSECURED (read "no password required") Internet connection.

Now mind you, Jer is actually doing nothing wrong by using this Internet connection. It's perfectly legal etc etc etc. But if for some reason your Internet is REALLY DEATHLY SLOW during the day (consistently) you may just want to make sure your modem is a secure one :) Because people that have no access to internet at work and are bored between calls just might notice that good ol' unsecured wireless connection.

Reverse Stalking???

So I know that there are proper safety precautions to take to keep your family safe on the good ol' net. Hence this blog not being included on search sites, not having our real last name, and not using my children's real first names ... I know, some of you may think.... sheesh she is a little narcissistic! YES I AM! The paparazzi are out to get me!

No but really, I'm a little paranoid! Just watch me when any of my children get near a window well. HOLY CRAP do I get jumpy! If G so much as runs past the window well at closer that 2 feet away ... BAM! All Nerves.. he could fall into that thing and break his neck. SO what is the odds of that happening are less than him having a career in professional gymnastics??? I'm the same way with stairs BTW.

My poor children are going to be neurotic if I have anything to do with it!

Soooooo.... Back to the topic. If any of you noticed, one of my favorite bloggers commented on the site yesterday. I had no idea how she found my blog... apparently I'm a newb! I did leave a comment on her site the other day (I think) but I never comment with my blogger user name on sites of people I don't know personally. I don't want to advertise to people that might be browsing their blogs that I am here by doing that and giving them an easy link to this here little site. I have no CLUE who may be scanning the sites... know what I mean?

So I emailed her... and she was kind enough to respond and let me know how she found me. Apparently you can do searches of websites who have certain links. For instance she searched her own websites address (hollywoodflakes.blogspot.com) and it came up that I had linked to her site. So she checked it out. Which is fine by me... she is a hilarious Mormon mom who seams to be pretty straight forward, I just wanted to make sure I hadn't put a link in accidentally... KWIM?? (Know What I Mean).

So, Just for in formations sake... if you love a website and link to it, there are ways for BIG BROTHER TO FIND YOU!!! ;)

PS Some such websites are www.technorati.com and www.statcounter.com