Talk Talk continues campaign against broadband disconnection plans

Popular broadband provider Talk Talk is continuing with its campaign against plans by the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson to disconnect illegal filesharers in the UK

After discovering that millions of homes were vulnerable to WiFi hijacking the popular broadband provider Talk Talk is set to continue its campaign against plans by the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson to disconnect illegal filesharers in the UK. The Internet Service Provider found that seven million homes were at risk of having their wireless connection hijacked, and that these people would be presumed guilty illegal file sharing occurred even though it could have been someone that had illegally hijacked their wireless connection.

The Talk Talk study revealed that around five percent of wireless connections in homes had no password or security set up at all, leaving them completely open to hijacking. Over thirty five percent had very weak security in place, which again left them open to hijacking. Whilst over fifty percent used a relatively secure level of security this was not foolproof, and only three percent were found to be using the most modern and safe security measures.

One industry official said: “There has been a huge reaction against the Government’s filesharing proposals, and many flaws have been highlighted in the plans. Rather than risk criminalising innocent people, the Government needs to encourage content providers to look for alternative business models that will tempt illegal downloaders away from peer to peer networks.”

He added: “If you’re worried about your wireless internet security, make sure you upgrade to the latest encryption method – WPA2 – which offers the best protection, and make sure that you have up to date internet security installed on your computer. Use our free Wireless key Generator to create unique, hard to crack passwords.”