Public Wi-Fi snooping

You can't use internet in a public place and think you have your full privacy. In a ideal world however you should be able to have a reasonable expectation of privacy on a public wireless network, like at a coffeeshop, as you would in your own home. It is just too easy for others to take advantage of the unsercure-ness of the wireless and watch all your web surfing.

The guy in the article below was demonstating how easy it is to spy on those who think they're enjoying their privacy. He gathered that a couple in the coffeeshop were getting married and another man was thinking about starting his own business because he could view their google searches. I'm not gonna call this act of spying deplorable because it sounds like something i'd try if I knew how to but it should be left to the wifi providers to come up with a way to combat this so no one can be able to do this. We already have enough of our digital identities searchable online.






http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-consumer22apr22,0,5309582.story?page=2&coll=la-home-headlines