You don’t really know which wireless network you’re connected to.
Wireless security is a very difficult thing. I was reminded of just how difficult it can be by an article I read in the Los Angeles Times today. I can name my network whatever I want. I can call it “Linksys”, “D-Link”, “USC Wireless”– even though my router isn’t any of those brands. All of my Internet traffic goes through my wireless router, and if I wanted to, I could easily log it at the router level. That means URLs and timestamps for sure, and for unsecure pages, maybe the content and submitted data, too. Let’s take a look at just why security is so difficult and what kinds of attacks “hackers” can pull.
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