Eric Sinrod talks about some of the problems associated with cyber cafés and Internet hotspots.
Your best bet to combat these threats is to connect to a VPN, or have some kind of encryption on your side. SlipStream SP works within VPNs and can help speed up a bogged-down WiFi connection.
Like nomads searching for oases, we roam in our quest to find Wi-Fi hotspots from which to connect to the wireless world. Unfortunately, these cozy areas where everything seems so right actually can be black holes where our private data can be siphoned away....
A hacker establishes his or her own hotspot while naming it the same as the official hotspot and at the same time as routing traffic through his or her hotspot to the official system. In the process, the private data within the Internet traffic, such as credit card numbers, can be harvested.
Hotspots Can Be Black Holes of Hacking Danger - Eric Sinrod - Technologist
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