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Here you go again making off the wall statements without backing it up with further information.  So let me ask you this question.  If anything you say is true WHAT IS THE POINT OF WIFI SECURITY EVEN EXISTING.  Is the whole world mad?  

 

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, the statement that wifi transmissions on secure networks is not encrypted is ridiculous.  Sure there are elaborite attacks on Wi-fi networks but most of the time it seems to involve cracking the wifi password.  Why would anyone try to crack a password if the data isn't encrypted in the first place??  Please elaborate on this.

 

After that, most people have wired internet connection, and all the traffic is pretty much identical security wise at that point (wireless network or not).  

 

OK, I don't know, maybe you know something we don't know.  But of course can't disclose that information.  

 

<div>by the way, I run windows/linux with no anti-virus (for my personal computers).  I do encrypt certain data, but not my whole harddrive.  
 

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I believe that you have a misunderstanding regarding Wifi and encrypted transmissions.

 

Cracking the Wifi password is for the sole purpose of getting on the network itself, and it's not really that hard to do.  Once on the network, it's no longer a "secure" network.  Data being sent is not encrypted by default.  As an example.  Ever use FTP for uploading or downloading files?  If I'm on your network sniffing traffic, your username and password is sent in clear plain text.  I can also see where you are browsing, I can find out where you are accessing an email server, etc.

 

More importantly though, once on the network it's easy to conduct a MITM.  It doesn't really matter if the transmission is encrypted or not.

 

Think that free Wifi at Starbucks is safe to use?  Think again.

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