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Originally Posted by nfotiu
If you are worried about your traffic being unencrypted wirelessly, you sure as hell shouldn't be sending it to the internet uncencrypted. I don't see the point of encrypting data, unless you are transferring between local computers. Our computers are secure and most of them are usually vpn'd anyway.
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While it is true that anything sent out on the Internet can possibly be tapped into by others (which is why we have TLS/SSL), I think there is a substantial risk with unencrypted wireless traffic because they don't need physical access to the line. Also, IF someone was really interested in your network activity, it might be a neighbour. Some guy sniffing out your packets at some random hop in the Internet might not have as much interest in YOUR packets.
Of course, it is maybe being a little paranoid. How many people have neighbours who really want to sniff your packets? Very few. If you live in Suburbia, I wouldn't worry too much. If you live in high density residential, I'd worry. Also, any office/commercial networks I wouldn't trust WEP. You just never know who may be downstairs and interested in your business.