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View Poll Results: Do You Use Your Mobile Phone to Access the Internet?
No. I never use my mobile to access the Internet. 31 44.93%
Rarely. I sometimes check email but that's about it. 8 11.59%
Sometimes: I check email, browse a bit, but not consistently. 17 24.64%
Consistently: I check email, read news and browse many sites everyday. 7 10.14%
Addicted: I stay connected to the net via my mobile when I am away from my computer! 2 2.90%
Professionally: I use my mobile to manage much of my online business and personal activities. 4 5.80%
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Do You Use Your Mobile Phone to Access the Internet?

How much do you use your mobile phone to access the Internet?

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Rarely. That's what aircrack is for
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Rarely. That's what aircrack is for
I don't think aircrack works with GPRS.... ;-)
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No, but with access points that are almost, but not completely, unprotected. I mean, who still ships out APs using WEP as the default "encryption"? (Whoever it is, thank you for hours, nay days and weeks, of free internet access)
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No, but with access points that are almost, but not completely, unprotected. I mean, who still ships out APs using WEP as the default "encryption"? (Whoever it is, thank you for hours, nay days and weeks, of free internet access)
Most people use GPRS to access the Internet from their mobile, so you are being a bit "alarmist" over nothing. WEP is a wireless LAN protocol, not a GPRS protocol.

Talking WEP is not germane to mobile phones and most WEP users are laptop users.

Let's not turn this into a security "frighten everyone" discussion, please.

PS: This year so far I have had more car accidents than people hacking into my mobile phone Internet access, so if, as pludi says, we need to be so afraid of mobile phone Internet access, then I should never drive a car. In addition, drinking in discos I have had a least two drunk guys want to start a fight this year (over smiling, beautiful women), which is two more than anyone has hacked into my Internet mobile access, so I better not drive a car or go do any discos, since the risk is higher.

In other words, let's do don't go down this path of "let's be afraid"..... thanks so much.
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No, but with access points that are almost, but not completely, unprotected. I mean, who still ships out APs using WEP as the default "encryption"? (Whoever it is, thank you for hours, nay days and weeks, of free internet access)
You may have the Nintendo DS to thank for your free internet. It's an ubiquitous wireless client device that supports nothing but WEP.
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I'm sorry if I weren't clear on the subject. I'm not talking about hacking into someones phone. I was talking about accessing the internet when not working on a desktop PC, but "on the road". Since I'm living and working in a densely populated area, there's an abundance of "open" access points to use, which is cheaper by far than any mobile access plan I know.
Thus my answer above "Rarely", since it's only in rare cases that I have to use my mobile to go online (as opposed to "want to"). Mobile phones, IMO, are for calling someone, and the odd text message.
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