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Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 2nd, 2009, 4:05 pm
by Rocketfan
Don't like the idea of your neighbors rudely snooping on the wireless signal you slaved to pay for from the lazy comfort of their living room? It's not just about slowing down your connection; while they're downloading Mad Men via bittorrent, you could be on the hook for their actions.
Wireless security and encryption systems are fraught with problems and insecurity, and other methods to restrict your signal to a small area are cumbersome at best.
Enter a new solution: Anti-Wi-Fi paint.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/151779
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 2nd, 2009, 8:43 pm
by LUconn
I like to use my computer outside. Interesting idea though.
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 6:52 pm
by matshark
So how does this work if your wi-fi station is at the other end of the house? hmm...
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 9:32 pm
by El Scorcho
matshark wrote:So how does this work if your wi-fi station is at the other end of the house? hmm...
You paint the walls you don't want signal to leak out of. Usually just the exterior walls.
This stuff has been around for a long while. Works the same as a faraday cage, basically.
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 9:46 pm
by LUconn
I'm not familiar with what a Faraday cage is but I'm excited to google it because I think there's most likely a LOST tie-in.
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 9:57 pm
by SuperJon
Why not just password protect it?
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 10:15 pm
by LUconn
Rocketfan wrote:Don't like the idea of your neighbors rudely snooping on the wireless signal you slaved to pay for from the lazy comfort of their living room? It's not just about slowing down your connection; while they're downloading Mad Men via bittorrent, you could be on the hook for their actions.
Wireless security and encryption systems are fraught with problems and insecurity, and other methods to restrict your signal to a small area are cumbersome at best.
Enter a new solution: Anti-Wi-Fi paint.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/151779
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 10:27 pm
by SuperJon
If my neighbors are hacking into my internet then, well, good job. I'm not one to be paranoid to paint my walls in certain types of paint.
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 10:55 pm
by LUconn
what if your neighbor looks like this:
I don't really know who he is but he looks like a kiddie porn kind of guy.
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 3rd, 2009, 11:40 pm
by rueful
none of my neighbors in range have computers, no worries here
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 9:00 am
by El Scorcho
SuperJon wrote:If my neighbors are hacking into my internet then, well, good job.
Yeah, like the article pointed out, most folks agree that you're liable for anything that happens on your Internet connection. I think that faraday principles are overkill unless you're handling sensitive data. For most people, just using WPA2 encryption will do. For now.
Re: Anti-Wi-Fi paint keeps your wireless signal to yourself
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 6:46 pm
by HenryGale
LUconn wrote:I'm not familiar with what a Faraday cage is but I'm excited to google it because I think there's most likely a LOST tie-in.
HAH...I was thinking the same thing!