Comments on: Why you should disable “sharing” on your laptop http://www.contentious.com/2008/04/27/why-you-should-disable-sharing-on-your-laptop/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Brett Borders http://www.contentious.com/2008/04/27/why-you-should-disable-sharing-on-your-laptop/#comment-1219663 Brett Borders Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:00:25 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2008/04/27/why-you-should-disable-sharing-on-your-laptop/#comment-1219663 That's a pretty cool screenshot. I think by default, on the Mac, sharing is only open as a drop-box. Someone can drop off a file in a special directory but that's it. They can't format your hard drive or anything like that, That’s a pretty cool screenshot. I think by default, on the Mac, sharing is only open as a drop-box. Someone can drop off a file in a special directory but that’s it. They can’t format your hard drive or anything like that,

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.contentious.com/2008/04/27/why-you-should-disable-sharing-on-your-laptop/#comment-1219310 Jennifer Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:26:32 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/2008/04/27/why-you-should-disable-sharing-on-your-laptop/#comment-1219310 Thank you for sharing! I actually think some people are oblivious to this situation. I realized my own fault in not knowing this until I first moved to New York in 2001. My apartment has public wifi to a certain extent. Some of the residents STEAL the wifi connection from our management office and I see some crazy listings for file sharing. However, I learned to set up a secure wifi connection and to disable file sharing too when I leave my home. Thank you for repeating this valuable lesson!! Thank you for sharing!

I actually think some people are oblivious to this situation. I realized my own fault in not knowing this until I first moved to New York in 2001. My apartment has public wifi to a certain extent.

Some of the residents STEAL the wifi connection from our management office and I see some crazy listings for file sharing. However, I learned to set up a secure wifi connection and to disable file sharing too when I leave my home.

Thank you for repeating this valuable lesson!!

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