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Thursday, October 28, 2010

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Katherine

Thanks for this post, Lyn. I had a suspicion that free wi-fi would undermine my security but now I know exactly how. As I use Facebook more and more for work-oriented purposes, I need to protect my account more closely!

Lyn

Here's some more information and context on this issue:
http://www.cdt.org/blogs/aaron-brauer-rieke/dont-get-hijacked-net-firesheep-and-https

Ana

Oh yes, very vulnerable. I also use the coffee shop WiFi regularly, but I got a really bad trojan virus that almost destroyed all the data in my netbook. Luckily, my husband is in the IT field and he was able to save it, but boy did it scare me straight! I now scan, scan and scan for viruses constantly in order to avoid letting a virus "brew" in my computer and give it the time to destroy my hard drive. Nice article!

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Hacker and Phishers can take advantage of this free connection. The public should be warned about the threats with using free connections.

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