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shayna marks spends a good chunk of her day browsing the internet on her laptop at home I do pretty much everything I've listened to a lot of music I email I chat with friends I use different social networks like Facebook and Twitter I am currently searching for a job so that's a big resource for me but a new study from independent security evaluator zuv baltimore finds that major brands of home and small business Wi-Fi routers are easily hackable forcing users like Shana to take pause it's totally shocking I feel like I'm protected at my home using a network that's password-protected a computer that's password-protected potentially having my entire life being looked at and being active accessible by somebody else is scary when your router gets hacked are actually intercepting the signal before it gets to your computer so they can then have access to your computer any kind of financial information that you send or personal information that you send can be intercepted at that point experts say there are a few precautions users can take to better protect a Wi-Fi network from hackers you can change your router password you can look into changing your router username from admin to something else you can also look into changing your router's IP address if you have passwords make them strong the study's authors recommend router manufacturers take on the responsibility of fixing security issues and alerted all vendors a spokesperson for belkin a major router vendor says they are exploring ways to enhance their security and for concerned consumers to consult their website for safety tips in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News