With recent opening of the new Starbucks in Lewisburg and Starbucks nationwide offering free wifi as July 1, 2010; I wanted to take this opportunity to issue the “Free Wifi” Caution. It is important to remember that your wifi device, (phone, notebook, touch or pad) is a radio broadcasting everything you do and type over the wifi. That means it is also free for others to access as well. So let’s be careful out there and watch what we’re doing. At least make sure you have a secure ssl connection if you plan on sending any confidential information or passwords (email, facebook, banks…)….better yet, leave the banking for home….we’ll cover that in an upcoming post.
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