I am sitting here reading what is being said and I can picture a couple of 16 year olds smacking their lips. While firewalls may and i stress may protect you from intrusion to your computer, data that is being transmitted can be intercepted. Packet sniffers set to look for passwords or credit card strings can easily find your private information depending on the hotspot and their and the site you are accessings security. Never, ever do any banking or purchasing with credit cards while connected at a public hotspot. Some of those 16 year olds I mentioned are scary smart when it comes to this.
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