When using a wireless router and or a network that is unsecured anyone could access that network from about two blocks away.  Just as we would not leave our windows and doors open or unlocked we need to think about our wireless networks in the same way.

Don’t invite hackers onto your network by not having it secured.  Identity thieves and other criminals will use nearby unsecured wireless networks run by neighbors and local businesses to commit crime.

Don’t use the router manufacturer’s default key.  It is up to computer users to configure their own username and password which is also referred to as a key.

When using computers we need to think more about security and less about speed.

Even though there is Wi-Fi Protected Access, WPA with an automatically rotating key which means users do not have to configure their own, it is still possible to break encryption and figure out a WPA key.  By securing your router and network it is just like  locking your doors and windows and having good lighting, chances are the criminal will go to the next house where it is dark  and leave your house alone.