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Can a wireless user be monitored in an unsecured wireless network?
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
If you do not set password for your wireless network you will get unsecured network. If you mean that you want use your router to connect to another unsecured wireless network and create so called "bridge" the answer is yes. But! Router from different manufactures usually do not work together in the bridge configuration. There are some exceptions but just few.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoYes. They can also be monitored in a badly secured wireless network, which is many if not most of them.
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