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Stop your neighbours using your Wi-Fi

nless you live in a remote area, your Wi-Fi signal will almost certainly stray into your neighbour’s home. As long as you’ve set a strong password, it shouldn’t be easy for neighbours to ‘piggyback’ on to your broadband network – but it may still be possible. So it’s worth checking which devices are connected to your router on a regular basis so youfamiliarise yourself with what devices should (and shouldn’t) be

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