Some 25 million households in the nation have a wireless network, and that number is growing. So, too, is the number of home networks without a lick of security on them, according to a report released last week by ABI Research in Oyster Bay, N.Y. That’s because, for most consumers, activating the security features included with their WiFi hardware is frustrating and confusing, the report contends. “Awareness of security issues is becoming widespread among average consumers,” the author of the report, ABI Senior Analyst Sam Lucdero, said in a statement.
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Report Finds Friendlier WiFi Security Needed
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. March 28, 2006 08:11 AMSome 25 million households in the nation have a wireless network, and that number is growing. So, too, is the number of home networks without a lick of security on them, according to a report released last week by ABI Research in Oyster Bay, N.Y. That’s because, for most consumers, activating the security features included with their WiFi hardware is frustrating and confusing, the report contends. “Awareness of security issues is becoming widespread among average consumers,” the author of the report, ABI Senior Analyst Sam Lucdero, said in a statement.