accessing an unshared network resource.

TheEnlightenedWon

So just out of curiosity, .... I have a hard enough time successfully accessing files on one computer from another ..even when setting it all up through "shares" legitimately.

With all the warnings about evil haxors accessing my computer through "unsecured networks" (wireless), just exactly how do such evil entities even see my drive, which has no "shares" SET UP WHATSOEVER?

Cngevpxhaqrefpber

If you can see your drive on your computer, theoretically so can anyone else if they're able to gain access to your computer remotely in some way (security hole, yadda yadda) -- no need for them to set up a shared drive or anything I don't think.

Wireless networks that aren't under my control or under the control of someone I know and not password protected freak me out. Not only am I afraid of some hacker breaking into my device somehow, there's also the issue of any data sent over a non-secure connection/protocol being visible for anyone within range to see if they had the inclination.

TheEnlightenedWon

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TheEnlightenedWon

I figure it's because they got so much of their own shit running in the background that they do not want to have supervised.

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TheEnlightenedWon

Suppose it's the borg's own snooperware, which they don't want to own up to, and if their firewall was "purpose built" to ignore it, they would have potential liabilities?

Perhaps just better to dodge the bullet entirely?

Cngevpxhaqrefpber

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Cngevpxhaqrefpber

Why? Windows has plenty of legitimate reasons for accessing the internet. Windows Update, syncing to the atomic clock, sending error reports, etc. Desktop widgets, and in Windows 8, the new panels on the start screen...