Home hotspots fire BT's global wi-fi network

[somanyholes]

Hi All

This article has given me much amusement this morning.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article2588994.ece

"By opting to join the scheme, BT customers effectively will allow their home wi-fi equipment to be used as part of FON's public network, which others member can then access through their home equipment"

Ohhhh the insecurities, are BT stupid? it appears they are. They might as well put a sign saying please hack me.

[Rik]

I wonder at the stupidity of such a scheme. No way would I join, but many will - and they'll be the kind of people who have no idea about security in the first place. Idiocy, imo.

[somanyholes]

some blurb from the bt fon site

"How secure is the BT FON service?

It is extremely secure. Traffic passes through separate channels; visitor and home-user traffic are separated. From a security perspective it is as if they have separate networks connecting them to the internet. This ensures that visitors cannot use BT FON to connect directly to the local home-user network (or vice versa). It also means that all visitor network activity and all home-user network activity are clearly distinguished, and attributed to the correct user, ensuring that home users cannot be blamed for the activities of visitors (or vice versa)."

I'm tempted to but one of these fon routers just to hack it

[Rik]

I'm tempted to but one of these fon routers just to hack it

Which is exactly what will happen, imo.

[Gary]

Which is exactly what will happen, imo.

So when do we start house sharing and leave the keys in the front door when we go out?

[Rik]

Not to mention the car keys.

[somanyholes]

ohh look we are already on the way

http://www.hackaday.com/2006/07/01/fun-fon-hacking/

[Rik]

Why am I not surprised?

[Lance]

because it is so damn obvious!

[Rik]

Minor point.