| Survey Finds Retail Wireless Networks Insecure
If the results of a recent study by AirDefense are to be believed, every time you use your credit card at a retail store you run a 50/50 chance that your credit card data and other information could be transported over an insecure and easily hacked wireless network. The problem is bigger than that though. The percentage of home wireless networks that are improperly secured is probably higher than 50%. When those home users log into their bank or credit card web sites to update their Quicken files, or access their eTrade.com accounts to buy and sell shares of the latest hot stock, they are also transmitting important, and sensitive information which can easily be intercepted by an attacker within range of their wireless access point. Oh, and just because you can't get your wireless signal to transmit from your living room to your bedroom, don't think an attacker can't get it.
Billy Graham | God will help you cope with financial woes
DEAR BILLY GRAHAM: We have really gotten ourselves in a hole because we took out one of those subprime mortgages a couple of years ago to buy our house, and now we can't make the payments. It sounded like a good deal at the time, but we didn't read the fine print. Will God help us get out of this somehow? — K.S. DEAR K.S.: From what I've read, thousands of families are facing the same situation you are. Hopefully, others will learn from these headlines about the dangers of taking on too much debt, but I know that doesn't help you now. God is concerned about everything that concerns us, no matter what it is, because he loves us and wants what's best for us. We can bring everything to him in prayer and ask him to give us wisdom when we face problems that seem insurmountable.
Southport holds forum on school consolidation
The Southport Town Hall was standing-room only Monday night as residents convened to discuss how the state's new school consolidation plan would affect Southport. A panel consisting of Southport school committee members, Southport selectmen, School Union 49 Superintendent Eileen King, Representative Bruce MacDonald, and Jim Rier, Department of Education (DOE), provided the audience with an update on the consolidation process relevant to Southport. Throughout the proceedings, citizens repeatedly expressed their displeasure with a state plan that would cost them substantially more tax dollars and significantly reduce local control over education. After introductions, Bruce White, Southport School Committee, gave an overview of what the school consolidation plan currently entails for Southport.
N.J. Governor Pushes Toll Hikes
New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine on Thursday said he's willing to risk losing re-election by increasing highway tolls to try to resolve state fiscal woes. The governor continued to refuse to detail how much he wants tolls to increase, but said he'll present a formal plan in January. .
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