What is on Your Mind?

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

Vote and Discuss!!

Rarely. That's what aircrack is for

I don't think aircrack works with GPRS.... ;-)

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.

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.

Thanks for clarifying (Whewww.. I feel better now )

For me, I don't have "religion" about phones and computers. I easily use the Internet from my (old but trusty) Nokia E61 and I can call and talk to friends using Skype at my desk.

I read news, check server status, read email, use GoogleMaps and set GPS waypoints, downloading new maps from the Internet. I sometimes reply to forum messages, especially admin messages, using my mobile, I search for prices when shopping using my mobile (recently a golf bag from Ping), and much more.

For me, mobile phone GPRS (in the future 3G) is almost as important as a desktop computer or notebook. When in my favorite riverside restaurant eating I use their free wireless LAN instead of using my GPRS minutes to save money :-)

Soon I will install PuTTY on my mobile so I can ssh into the server and tweak something when on the road...... in other words, for my Internet mobile access is not a luxury, it is critical :-)