the other side of wireless security

[Tim]

I've just been looking at possibly getting a laptop (a maddening
exercise, if there ever was one), and have been playing with a friend's
for a while, now.  One thing I haven't noticed are comments on the
security of the other side of the wireless connection, your side.  Does
the laptop treat connections made to its wireless interface in the same
manner as it would a wired connection?  Do the encryption schemes you
might use to connect to an access point work in the same way in the
reverse direction?

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 important to the thread.)

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