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Originally Posted by Benson View Post

Isn't PSK a type of auth/encryption for WPA? So it doesn't make sense talking about them as alternatives.

And if the best thing we can do is encrypt everything, why did you just say it's a waste of time to encrypt everything?

WPA, even PSK, is as I understand it rather strong at the moment, as long as you use a properly obscure and long key, so you're not in the rainbow tables, or caught early in a brute-force attack.
Absolutely. Any pre-shared key system is vulnerable to brute forcing (including "encrypting everything), and brute forcing becomes exponentially more difficult with the length of key. But to state they are a waste of time is FUD from the earlier poster and has no place here.

WEP of course is crackable without much effort. If pre shared keys are a concern then use WPA with a certificate based key exchange.