Here we sit, nice and cozy in the rural portions of this great country of ours. WildBlue has made it possible for us to enjoy high speed internet service by way of their Ka satellite service. Before you go skipping out into the daisies of the WWW, take a few precautions.

There are two new terms to keep in mind and to protect oneself from. One is Wardriving. This is known as drive-by-hacking. A hacker will get into a car with a laptop, an omni-directional antenna and searching software. This person will cruise in a random pattern hoping to detect locations of wireless network access or hotspots. Once this person has mapped these points he/she can return at any time and hack into the network.