Heh. After citing this article a few weeks back, I was ... amused at the airport when I looked up available WiFi connections and got ... this. ATTWiFi is (probably) the official "AT&T formerly Cingular now AT&T again" pay WiFi spot. The others, though ...
So ... tempting ... :-)
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The key distinction here is with the pictures shown. The two bottom ones depict communication between two computers, not safe. The one up top, well I still wouldn't mess with it when at the airport...
When your identity is at risk, or corporate data is at risk, checking to see if you got one more email just aint worth it!
The icons for access points vs peer-to-peer is certainly a major hit with the clue bat.
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