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   .... snipped for sanity ............   
      
      
   hummmmmm  ............. interesting.   odd sounding tho ,  as the   
    " secure "  areas that I'm familiar with are strictly " swept " on a   
   regular schedule and in between ( randomly ) to boot , plus have   
   strict sets of rules covering this kind of stuff.   
      
   usually a person  ( worker or civilian ) has to ask for facility   
   permission to  " transmit  "  anything in the secure or restricted   
   access areas (  including base housing  ) and register their   
   transmitter.  facilities are particularly alert to  wi-fi ( vhf ham   
   gear, microwave transmitters including motion detectors ,   
   satellite internet operations  etc. ) and even connecting to wi-fi   
   in town from  the areas mentioned above ( using an outside gain   
   antenna for range  ) ,  because they often access base related   
   resources or may pose interference issues with base equipment.   
   even " civilian only " usage ( say a satellite dish internet   
   connection ) often can translate to " base " information access   
   or interference of certain types and is subject to approval and close   
   scrutiny.   
   this approval process can sometimes take months and is often   
   disallowed with NO explanation. most of these types of places , these   
   days, provide their own wi-fi and / or internet connections to   
   eliminate this type of problem and provide their users with state of   
   the art internet / intranet resources.   
      
   you can bet that if that article was " really " the case , then some   
   base security people screwed up somewhere , someone on base is going   
   to be ( or has been ) hammered for breaking the rules,  that because   
   they have made a public mention of it   NO current possibilities for   
   unsecured wi-fi exists.  they probably had to hammer some innocent but   
   " influential "  home wi-fi user and made this public ( political )   
   attempt to explain it and smooth it all over somewhat !  ah aha hahaha   
   a   
      
   facility wardriving isn't what it once was  , I can tell you for sure   
   !    in times past, enforcement of these   
   rules was pretty much laxidasical or nonexistent , but since homeland   
   defense got into full operation ( and all the other  mil / government   
   / contractor security  resources started having testosterone   
   competitions with those homeland guys   )  ... strong enforcement and   
   checking / sweeping  activities have been the  " rule " .  it's more   
   to do with everyone checking on everyone else and " being right "  (   
   and justifying your own existence / budget and looking like you are   
   doing something )  than anything  really to do with security !    
      
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