WIFI needs encryption, if your home or business network consists of personal information. No encryption is like inviting your neighbour or the business next door, over to share your connection and, possible access to your computer’s hard drive information. Also as important is that you keep your WIFI encryption key safe, as you would you bank card pin. This can always be retrieved by logging into your router and applying a new encryption key whether it is WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK.

Default user name and password for all make and models of routers can be found online, so it is also important to secure your router / WIFI even further by changing your default password on your router/WIFI even furthor by changing your default password on your router.