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Question about sharing a router with another tenant
Hello there,
Not sure this is the place for my question but I'll give it a try. I just rented out this appartment with WIFI included in the rental price. Then I found out that the router is inside an adjacent appartment (because the landlord is also renting out a second appartment). So, I'm wondering what the implications are here. Can the neighbor intercept the stuff I'm sending/viewing? And could he hack into my PC? How easy would it be for a non-hacker? My PC has Windows XP Home. Thanks for any advice. |
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Question about sharing a router with another tenant
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Hello there, Not sure this is the place for my question but I'll give it a try. I just rented out this appartment with WIFI included in the rental price. Then I found out that the router is inside an adjacent appartment (because the landlord is also renting out a second appartment). So, I'm wondering what the implications are here. Can the neighbor intercept the stuff I'm sending/viewing? And could he hack into my PC? How easy would it be for a non-hacker? My PC has Windows XP Home. Thanks for any advice. It all depends on HOW the system is setup. For example an apartment complex could be setup with Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) and then each apratment uses POTS wiring an VDSL. That's is safe, private and legal. A landlord with say a multifamiliy dwelling that is sharing Cable Internet (Cox, Comcast, Optimum, etc) via WiFi may not be safe nor legal. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Question about sharing a router with another tenant
| A landlord with say a multifamiliy dwelling that is sharing Cable Internet
| (Cox, Comcast, Optimum, etc) via WiFi may not be safe nor legal. | I haven't heard of any legal issues like that. When a former landlord had cable I checked into that and found that the TOS used the term "premises", which refers to a piece of property or building. It's easy enough to check that out with the provider. Personally I avoid wireless. There are inherent risks there. I'm not an expert on the details, but I do know that at least some of the encryption methods have been found to have vulnerabilities. On the other hand, many people allow file sharing, remote desktop software and various other similar functions that are also unsafe. I would think that if those things are disabled and the router is set up with the latest encryption it should be reasonably safe, but many people don't know enough to adjust those settings or even set up a password for wireless access. It would be interesting to hear an analysis from an expert. |
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Question about sharing a router with another tenant
From: "Mayayana"
| A landlord with say a multifamiliy dwelling that is sharing Cable Internet | (Cox, Comcast, Optimum, etc) via WiFi may not be safe nor legal. | I haven't heard of any legal issues like that. When a former landlord had cable I checked into that and found that the TOS used the term "premises", which refers to a piece of property or building. It's easy enough to check that out with the provider. Personally I avoid wireless. There are inherent risks there. I'm not an expert on the details, but I do know that at least some of the encryption methods have been found to have vulnerabilities. On the other hand, many people allow file sharing, remote desktop software and various other similar functions that are also unsafe. I would think that if those things are disabled and the router is set up with the latest encryption it should be reasonably safe, but many people don't know enough to adjust those settings or even set up a password for wireless access. It would be interesting to hear an analysis from an expert. The OP has a Canadian email address using a Polish IP. Thus the qualifying term "may" has been used as jurisdiction, ToS and AUP is diversified greatly. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Question about sharing a router with another tenant
| The OP has a Canadian email address using a Polish IP. Thus the
qualifying | term "may" has been used as jurisdiction, ToS and AUP is diversified | greatly. | Ah! Good sleuthing. That possibility never occurred to me. |
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