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   Chris to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: OT? Can my neiighbor, whose wifi I'm   
   29 Nov 25 00:07:11   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-28 09:16, Chris wrote:   
   >> Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-11-27 18:13, Chris wrote:   
   >>>> You're including your neighbour in your computer network.   
   >>>   
   >>> Rather you are including your computer into your neighbour network.   
   >>   
   >> Fair. The risk is similar however.   
   >   
   > Yes, but it is only your computer that is involved, not all your   
   > machines.   
      
   If the computer is on the LAN - micky mentioned an ethernet connection -   
   then everything is exposed.   
      
   > And all of your neighbour machines could be affected.   
   >   
   > Depends who is the bad guy. Maybe no one is a bad guy. Oh, unless some   
   > machine involved has some type of malware.   
      
   Most likely there is no bad guy.   
      
   > That's one reason why all my computers have a firewall.   
   >   
      
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