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by KaiserPro 4224 days ago
Encryption of wireless isn't really a barrier, it can be easily broken. As its very rare to not have a shared key, once you've joined the "encrypted" network you can see all the traffic flowing through it.

WEP stands for wireless equivalent privacy, and it is. its trivial to break. (just like monitoring wired connections)