TalkTalk Rises Awareness in WiFi Safety
Posted on: February 08, 2010Honoring the invitation from Channel 4 News to participate in a broadcast, security expert Matt Roburgh, member of the team behind Internet service provider TalkTalk, seized the opportunity to educate the public on WiFi safety and the threat posed by WiFi hacking.
Roburgh directed the discussion towards the limitations of today’s network safety solutions and hackers’ ability to constantly reinvent their methods of tackling existing security measures. Admitting he had also been a victim of WiFi hacking, the expert explained that although protection of WiFi connections with passwords is highly recommendable, this measure alone might not always be enough to block hacking attempts. To demonstrate WiFi hackers’ ingenuity, the news clip included footage of the improvised "Cantenna" device, one of the latest tools used for snatching users’ connections.
Contesting the approach adopted by the Government to battle online piracy, Roburgh pointed out to the flaws in the much-disputed “three strikes” policy, which could result in disconnecting the wrong people.
The security expert also informed the public about the latest methods used by downloaders to source copyrighted material and suggested that the Government should not limit their efforts to monitoring peer-to-peer use when it comes to fighting online piracy. Roburgh explained that there are many online piracy threats currently not properly addressed by the authorities, some in the form of dedicated ripping sites, which impede Internet service providers’ attempts to track copyright infringement. According to Roburgh, the Government should consider creating an effective strategy to block this kind of online resources.
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