Quote:It's not like it's encrypted or anything...   :whistling:

 

Seriously, the days of people running unsecured wifi are over.  You'll have have to look very hard to find anyone running an unencrypted wifi.  Most of the time it's encrypted by default.  Both my AT&T modem and mobile hotspot came with a random default password that is unique to the device and printed directly on it .  Mr. script kiddie can intercept data all he wants, but does he have thousands of years and a supercomputer to decrypt it? 

 

btw, do you even use a cell phone, or is that too dangerous as well?

 

If you encrypt your hard drive, then that's a good thing.

 

If you think that "the days of people running unsecured wifi are over" then you are seriously mislead.  In my own neighborhood I'm able to gain access to the internet from several "secured" wifi connections if I chose to do so.

 

If you think that your modem or wireless access point sends data encrypted, you are sadly mistaken.  If you think that the default password on your modem and/or wireless access point protects you, you are sadly mistaken.

 

Just because you might encrypt your hard drive, it doesn't mean that if you send a file via email or otherwise that said file is encrypted.  It's not unless you take steps to actually encrypt it and give the recipient the means to decrypt it.

 

Let me guess... you are either a Windows user that has some kind of "anti-virus" software running on your machine, or you are a mac user.

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