On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Robert Slade <[email protected]> wrote:

> OK, maybe this is way old news for a lot of you, but I'd never come across 
> it.  I've always seen "Free Public Wifi," of course, especially in airports.  
> (In fact, I'm sitting in YVR right now.  Oddly, I *don't* see "Free Public 
> Wifi" right now, although someone is advertising "Drew's 17inch laptop.")  
> I've never tried to connect to it, of course: I *do* know the difference 
> between "Unsecured wireless network" and "Unsecured computer-to-computer 
> network."  I've always vaguely wondered if there were some great conspiracy 
> of air travelling blackhats who were trying to sniff credentials in airport 
> lounges and gate areas.
>

Probably, yes. :-)

- ferg

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