Starbucks is for coffee, not computers...

In a recent news story on CNN, I was informed that open wireless networks located in coffee shops and airports are becoming extremely dangerous.  Hackers have now created easy to use software that can be downloaded by anyone and used to view any webpages you open up while you are connected.  For instance, if you are looking through your private emails or entering your personal information on a website, someone sitting on the other side of the coffee shop can be viewing everything just as if he were looking over your shoulder.  This process is called "sidejacking" and has become increasingly popular in the past few months.  If this isn't scary enough, every week the software becomes more user-friendly and therefore more likely that anybody who wants to be nosy, can be.  Apparently there is some good news...  Most of the important webpages are secured logins (HTTPS), and are encrypted.  They cannot be viewed, however any pages following that secured login page will be accessible to anyone that is connected to the same network and wants to intrude.  If you like to use the internet away from home or work often, I recommend that you invest in a wireless internet card through Sprint or Verizon so that you can have your own internet connection and do not have to worry about intruders looking at your private information everywhere you go.