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Hey guys I recently signed up to "rent my roof" for a new wireless start up in my area...they are installing an antenna on my roof and it will be hardwired to my router...they have assured me that my personal network would be at no risk...I am not very computer savvy and took their word but figured I should at least reach out to the community to see if I made a bad decision...I still have the ability to simply unplug the thing from my router and tell them to pick it up. Thanks in advance for any advice!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If they’re installing an antenna to your router, that means that it creates a “rogue wireless” often used by mobile devices signed to that company when they’re on the road.

Though this type of setup tends to be segregated from your network, it still creates an attack vector and also means that any third party could use your network/IP as a launchpad for a nefarious act.
Simple advice, disconnect the antenna from your router, and demand that they disable the ‘rogue network’ preconfigured in the router.