Re: Free Public WiFi

["Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm () igtc com>]

The real reason is a lot less interesting, it seems.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2010/10/free_public_wifi_does_not_exis.html

On Oct 17, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Robert Slade <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
>
> > OK, maybe this is way old news for a lot of you, but I'd never come across it.  I've always seen "Free Public Wifi," 
> > of course, especially in airports.  (In fact, I'm sitting in YVR right now.  Oddly, I *don't* see "Free Public Wifi" 
> > right now, although someone is advertising "Drew's 17inch laptop.")  I've never tried to connect to it, of course: I 
> > *do* know the difference between "Unsecured wireless network" and "Unsecured computer-to-computer network."  I've 
> > always vaguely wondered if there were some great conspiracy of air travelling blackhats who were trying to sniff 
> > credentials in airport lounges and gate areas.
>
> Probably, yes. :-)
>
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