On my previous “Starbucks” post I discussed how their recent move to free wifi for all has really helped raise awareness of surfing securely when using free wifi hotspots. In the end I encouraged the use of VPNs as the most effective countermeasure in stopping malicious snoopers. To follow up on this post, I...
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The whole Starbucks thing seems to be getting me on a role in the wifi security arena. The recent deluge of free wifi security articles reminded me of an article Brian Krebbs wrote a while back called “Wi-Fi Street Smarts, iPhone Edition” about hotspot security. One of the pieces of advice was to remove...
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LifeHacker had an excellent post entitled “How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks” last week. This was probably the most technical security-wise from a number of articles that have come out in recent days due to Starbucks now offering free wifi. Of course this isn’t the first time free wifi has been offered....
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Well people, it’s the final day of ShmooCon; for those of you who are still nursing hangovers and information overloads, you have my sympathies. While none of the talks today will be providing alcohol (at least, not that I’m aware of), they will give you a final chance to cram your brain with some...
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In my last post (“Friday Recommendations“), I discussed some of the official and unofficial activities on Friday and summarized a few things that I’m going to focus on. There are some great planned talks as well as the Podcaster’s Meetup, the FireTalks, and a meetup party courtesy of HacDC. In this post, I’m going...
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