1. Walker in the Wireless City.
- Author
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Vanderbilt, Tom
- Subjects
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WIRELESS communications , *COMPUTER network protocols , *DATA transmission systems , *COMPUTER network security , *COMPUTER security - Abstract
Explores New York City's network of so-called wireless access points. Proliferation of affordable wireless routers and networking devices which transmit Wi-Fi; Author's observations at Bryant Park, which serves as an access point; Increase in the daily users of the park's high-speed access; Comments of Daniel A. Biederman, president of the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation, on how the wireless park was created; Security risks of a public wireless network.
- Published
- 2002