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KoihimeNakamura said:
There is no law that says you have to secure your wifi.
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No, but there are laws against some things other people people could do with your internet connection. I say if my neighbors want to get access to my connection, they can ask for the key...but they'll need a good reason to get it and will have to promise not to abuse it.
 
elgarak said:
1) You should set up encryption and a password for your home wifi. In fact, in the US and most European countries that is required by law. Or do you mean the iPad grabbed the password from the sync?

2) The iPad will prompt you for the password if it's the first time that particular network is encountered. The iPad remembers the password, so in the future it will reconnect automatically. You can -- sometimes have to -- go to Settings/Wi-Fi and select the network you want to connect to. In rare cases (my old university network needed that), you have to select "Other" in the network selection list, and enter the network name and its encryption method my hand. Again, that is something you usually have to do only once. If the iPad still doesn't like to connect, it helps to turn it off and on again (off with pressing and holding the sleep/wake button, on the top left, top being the end with the camera and the headphone jack. Hold until the red slide to off button appears, and slide. Then turning back on by holding the sleep/wake button again until the Apple logo appears). Some networks where this is needed very frequently are the networks of the Panera Bread chain.
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Thanks very much. Our wifi does ask for a password with other devices so maybe the iPad got the password from being synced / plugged in to the PC.

Thanks to you, too, kajata. :)
 
:) Nope, it's our connection. Is the best thread to discuss apps and tips, or do we need a new one?
 
Orphia Nay said:
Thanks very much. Our wifi does ask for a password with other devices so maybe the iPad got the password from being synced / plugged in to the PC.

Thanks to you, too, kajata. :)
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What was your new ipad syncing with, if it was new?

If you restore from backup, information such as stored passwords for networks will be available.

But, out-of-the-box, your wireless network either requires a password, and someone had already entered it in the iPad, or it does not require a password ... or you have omitted or misremembered some detail. I mean, the ipad is magical, but it's not that magical :)
 
TheL8Elvis said:
What was your new ipad syncing with, if it was new?

If you restore from backup, information such as stored passwords for networks will be available.

But, out-of-the-box, your wireless network either requires a password, and someone had already entered it in the iPad, or it does not require a password ... or you have omitted or misremembered some detail. I mean, the ipad is magical, but it's not that magical :)
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It was syncing with iTunes on my PC. But I've just checked with Mr Nay and HE entered the wifi password! I forgot he took over the setup for a few minutes. :o :)
 
Our wifi is not secured. But for anyone to leech off it, they'd have to actually drive up our driveway. Our nearest neighbour is way outside the range.
 
arthwollipot said:
Our wifi is not secured. But for anyone to leech off it, they'd have to actually drive up our driveway. Our nearest neighbour is way outside the range.
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There are about a dozen or so wifi routers within range of our apartment. They are all running secure. That surprised me a little bit until I thought about the fact that most of the people in the apartment complex are grad students or professionals, with what seems to be a heavy emphasis on the sciences.

(The couple upstairs just left for a shiny new job at Los Alamos.)
 
The funniest name for a wireless network which I guess was used to give some noisy neighbors in the building a hint..."I can hear you having sex"
 
Orphia Nay said:
It was syncing with iTunes on my PC. But I've just checked with Mr Nay and HE entered the wifi password! I forgot he took over the setup for a few minutes. :o :)
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W00t. Logical explanation FTW. If only religion and politics worked that way :)
 
iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 with Touch ID & Burst Mode confirmed, show up early in iTunes

Apple’s iTunes Store has just made a little bit of a slip-up (and with perfect uncanny timing): screenshots for the iOS 8.1 iPad user guide have just appeared within iBooks and include Apple’s upcoming iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. Of course, Apple will be formally debuting these devices tomorrow.

The screenshots confirm that both new tablets will include nearly identical designs to their predecessors and the addition of Touch ID sensors in the Home button. Another new feature confirmed by this leak is a new Burst Mode (first introduced with the iPhone 5s) for the iPad Air 2 (image below).

These images also indicate that the new tablets will be named “iPad Air 2″ and "iPad mini 3,” which means that Apple will bringing the numbering scheme for names back to the iPad lineup. Of course, the presence of this user guide means iOS 8.1 (with Apple Pay) is likely to drop tomorrow, too.

Besides the tweaked designs and Touch ID sensors, a gold color option, and a stronger A8X processor, improved camera optics, and new software can be expected at least on the new Air. Apple will also discuss the Mac line tomorrow, including the new iMac with Retina display and OS X Yosemite.
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Thinner, faster and ...

Like the Nexus 9 announcement it leaves me wondering why I should upgrade, which considering all I usually need to see is a "NEW!" sticker as a reason to upgrade technology it is a strange sensation. Is this what you normal folk feel when a new piece of technology appears?
 
Darat said:
Thinner, faster and ...

Like the Nexus 9 announcement it leaves me wondering why I should upgrade, which considering all I usually need to see is a "NEW!" sticker as a reason to upgrade technology it is a strange sensation. Is this what you normal folk feel when a new piece of technology appears?
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I use my iPad for so much (books, magazines, web surfing, email, netflix, casual gaming,porn...editing pictures of the kids, etc. that I, no doubt, will do my annual upgrade (selling last year's model or give it to a family member). Thinner and faster for something I use for a few hours a day is enough to make me trade up.

Seems like this is the first iPad where the camera isn't crap. Not that I take many pics with my iPad but that whole "best camera is the one you're carrying" thing so it would be nice when I do take a pic with it, the pic isn't poor quality.

Those 5K iMacs look nice as well but out of my budget...and honestly I'm hardly on my desktop computer as is so it would really be a luxury purchase for me.
 
Darat said:
Have to say I would have prefered "not any thinner but battery lasts 50% longer on a charge"
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Just read on The Verge where they say "The notable omission from the new Air 2 is the side switch; it feels like a casualty of thinness"

Things are getting so thin they can't fit the buttons on them anymore!
 
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