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The dangerous cost of ‘free’ Wi-Fi

August 1, 2016

Via: TechHive
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So you go to a political convention. Do a little politicking and listen to some speeches. While taking a break from the handshaking and schmoozing you decide to do a little work on your laptop. Then you get hacked.

The ease of creating a fake hotspot is one reason fraudsters keep doing it. “There are freely available tools that allow someone to easily turn their laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot,” said says Gary Davis, chief consumer security evangelist for Intel Security.

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