Open Wireless Movement: In the age of mass surveillance, we have learned everything, or almost everything, about protecting and encrypting our communications and networks. When it comes to private Wi-Fi networks, you have read from time to time that it is recommended to use a strong password along with strong encryption on router you, to ensure privacy, communication and to safeguard your personal data while browsing websites.
Let us also look at another view from her.Open Wireless Movement It may sound terrifying but think about it a little. A group of activists said the opening of home Wi-Fi could not only enhance your privacy but actually increase it further.
A new movement called "Open Wireless MovementEncourages users to unlock their private network or at least a small portion of the available bandwidth to strangers. Sounds really annoying! Is not that right;
This way, any stranger can consume much of your network bandwidth or can use your network to perform various illegal activities. Profit seems to go only to cyber-crooks who are looking for open networks. But is that the case?
"The Open Wireless Movement is a coalition of Internet freedom advocates, businesses, organizations, and technologists working to develop new wireless technologies to inspire an Internet transparency movement," said the Open Wireless Movement website.
«Στόχος μας είναι να δημιουργήσουμε τις τεχνολογίες που θα καταστήσουν εύκολη στους χρήστες του Internet να έχουν πρόσβαση σε ασύρματα δίκτυα που διαθέτουν οι ιδιοκτήτες τους, διατηρώντας παράλληλα την ασφάλεια, την προστασία της ιδιωτικής τους ζωής, και διατηρώντας της quality of access.”
The website OpenWireless.org explains the initiative of the movement made up of non-profit organizations as well as internet rights organizations such as Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Free Press, Mozilla, and Fight for the Future, among others.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), εργάζεται για μια τέτοια τεχνολογία και σχεδιάζει να κυκλοφορήσει ένα δωρεάν, open-source router firmware, which they call the “Open Wireless Router,” at the Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE X) conference next month in New York. This firmware will let you share a part of your Wi-Fi with anyone around you, without the need for a password.
The "Open Wireless Router" firmware will help the public gain access to a small predefined bandwidth of your network and in this way, you will be able to allow someone close to you or passers-by to see their emails, perform voice calls from your private Wi-Fi, and you will be able to block the download of many gigabytes of files.
This particular idea, although it sounds scary, seems to be the solution to anonymity on the internet, if of course the EFF router secures the owner. This particular idea could lead to a bad browsing experience. To this end, EFF states that the firmware of the "Open Wireless Router" uses a smart technology designed to meet the owner's priorities. This means that the owner of the private Wi-Fi network will be at the top of the priorities over others.
EFF also says that if someone is abusing the IP address for illegal activities or cyber attacks, there will be no legal problem since the router will allow free access.
