Koalemos may be dangerous

@Asylum (47893)

Manchester, England

June 27, 2016 10:21am CST

The above quote is not mine, but that of my mobile phone. Like most mobile phones these days it is internet capable. Whenever I am at home the mobile links to my wifi router automatically. Koalemos is the name of my home network. Since I set up this router interface myself it is certainly far safer than any public access point, yet my mobile frequently displays the above warning at home but not elsewhere. I find this quite amusing and wonder how many people would take such a warning seriously.

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@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

27 Jun 16

you dangerous - NEVER! Outspoken ~ ALWAYS

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

Me outspoken? Never.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

@Inlemay I could never deny my flair for sarcasm.

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@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

27 Jun 16

@Asylum sarcastic - NATURAL, sincere ~ absolutely

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@marguicha (215470)

• Chile

27 Jun 16

As long as it is nothing personal

. I have had for years my computer filled with warnings that it will explode in my face and fill my home and myself with all sorts of viruses. Up to now, nothing has happened. I think those are word terrorists.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

I could understand if the mobile had been referring to me, but my router does not deserve such accusations.

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@marguicha (215470)

• Chile

27 Jun 16

So you want to be dangerous

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

@marguicha I probably already qualify as dangerous to a person's sanity.

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

What does it mean when it flashes that message on your mobile ? It could mean something not nice activity on your phone like its having virus?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

29 Jun 16

It is trying to tell me that my WiFi network is not secure and therefore is risky to use. This is clearly nonsense because I set up the network myself. For some odd reason it never warns me when I am in the vicinity of a public WiFi network, which is certainly not secure.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

29 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD Koalemos is the only network that I would trust, yet the only one that my mobile issues a warning about.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

@Asylum Hmm , why could it be indeed that way , wrong message .

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

29 Jun 16

I suspect most of my tech would regard me as highly dangerous

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

29 Jun 16

It is only my mobile, whereas my desktop, laptop and tablet disagree.

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@cmoneyspinner (9221)

• Austin, Texas

28 Jun 16

I get similar messages about my home network. It's rather frustrating because it's sort of like "crying wolf". Suppose one day it happens that my home network does get invaded by an evil uninvited party, I might ignore the warning that I should have paid attention to. But anyway ... it's technology. Technology will never replace human intelligence and it's not perfect. So we live with I.T. and work around I.T. It is a convenience and we put up with the flaws.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

28 Jun 16

This is perfectly true. The conical thing is that I never get such warnings away from home, where they would be justified.

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

28 Jun 16

Haha I like that. Your phone seems to know you very well?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

28 Jun 16

It is lying and spreading malicious rumours.

@thea09 (18305)

• Greece

28 Jun 16

The day your router explodes you'll know you should have heeded the warning,

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

28 Jun 16

Two minutes later I would be back online because I have a spare router, spare splitter and spare RJ15 to RJ45 cable.

Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

27 Jun 16

I always suspected you might be dangerous, but I didn't know it was to your phone!! lol

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

Maybe I should turn off the camera and sound recorder so that it can no longer snoop one.

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@LadyDuck (458233)

• Switzerland

27 Jun 16

We surely do not take this warning seriously. Smart phones are not so smart after all.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

It is certainly mistaken about my network security.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

28 Jun 16

Lol - it must know you pretty well

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

28 Jun 16

It is totally mistaken and talking nonsense.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

27 Jun 16

why not live dangerously

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

I often do, but the mobile is lying to me anyway.

@JudyEv (325818)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jun 16

Does the computer know something you don't?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

28 Jun 16

I think that it must be the other way around because I know exactly how secure and reliable my router status is. I began using a router about 15 years ago, which was well before they were capable of detecting the line and auto configuring the set up. Therefore I never rely on automatic setup and configure the router manually.

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@Lucky15 (37346)

• Philippines

27 Jun 16

I prefer to connect through data than have public access much faster. And i am connected with my neighbor's..trojan virus

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

Public WiFi is always dubious. I use public WiFi when on holiday, but would certainly never visit a financial website via such access.

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@Jeanniemaries (8237)

• United States

27 Jun 16

The James Bond in you is showing.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

James Band's mobile probably did much more than mine does and never lies to him.

changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)

• China

28 Jun 16

Maybe the Koalemos owner doesn't allow you to use wifi router ,so they keeps showing that to scare you.

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

27 Jun 16

Danger, Will Robinson!

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

As in the show 'Lost in mobile'.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

@pgntwo My mobile seems to think that it is more of a zombie.

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

27 Jun 16

@Asylum Some Android or other, at any rate.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

27 Jun 16

See? Technology is designed to keep us humble. Who is really in charge?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

I am because I will not be fooled by such a false alarm.

s sivasubrahmanyam

@shivamani10 (11038)

• Hyderabad, India

27 Jun 16

Even me too before reading your post. thanks for the inormation.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

This is the potential problem, many people may not have sufficient confidence to ignore such inane warnings.

@Mike197602 (15487)

• United Kingdom

27 Jun 16

I keep wifi turned off as it seems to drain the battery. Still getting used to having a phone again after so many years without one.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

27 Jun 16

WiFi can be a demand on a mobile phone battery, but fortunately the battery in mine is quite good. Even with WiFi on the battery will last several days and I always charge it overnight.

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