From the LA Times:
No one in the evening crowd at a Starbucks in Pasadena knew Humphrey Cheung.
But Cheung, quietly sipping hot chocolate and working on his laptop, knew things about them.
Several tables away was a guy sitting alone with his own laptop. “He’s starting a business,” Cheung said. And the young couple in the far corner? “They’re getting married,” he confided.
Cheung isn’t psychic. He had hacked into the coffee shop’s wireless Internet connection on his Toshiba laptop. It took him all of about five minutes to do so, using free software available online.
Public Wi-Fi is very handy for perusing the Internet away from the office or home. Just remember that you may have company while surfing.
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[tags]Wireless, Privacy, ID Theft, Hot Spots[/tags]