@inproceedings{c2772bbcce8945e29a7301fd7a6399ad,
title = "Where's the security in WiFi? An argument for industry awareness",
abstract = "As more and more wirelessly connected networks come online, security becomes a prominent concern. WiFi insecurity can result in detrimental effects to both individuals and organizations. To establish a greater awareness of the problems associated with wireless security and the extent to which the so-called digital divide effects such problems, we examine the relationship between wireless access points collected via war driving and a series of US Census socio-economic variables in two communities in the United States. We found significant correlations between WiFi security race/ethnicity, which may also correlate to education levels and income. Such findings suggest that a greater awareness and/or manufacturer-driven default security for wireless access points may be necessary to ensure better security.",
keywords = "802.11, Digital divide, GIS, Wardriving, WiFi, Wireless, Wireless security, IEEE 802.11 standards, communication system security, education, encryption, wireless application protocol",
author = "Glen Sagers and Bryan Hosack and Rowley, {R. J.} and Douglas Twitchell and Ranjitha Nagaraj",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2015 ; Conference date: 05-01-2015 Through 08-01-2015",
year = "2015",
month = mar,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1109/HICSS.2015.641",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "5453--5461",
editor = "Bui, {Tung X.} and Sprague, {Ralph H.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2015",
}