Thursday, August 1, 2013

Wifi Sugar

Most people are shocked when they learn how easy it is for hackers to view your internet activity and access your computer when you’re connected to a public wifi connection.

When you’re connected to a public wifi hotspot at a cafe, on an airplane, at a hotel, or anywhere else, the way your computer is able to access the internet wirelessly is by virtually “yelling” data to the internet connection in the room. Every other computer that’s around you is able to hear what your computer is “saying”…. If it wants to.

Every time you login to a Facebook, send an email, or visit a website, your computer is revealing every detail, including usernames, passwords and email messages to the whole room!

A hacker with just basic software available on the internet for free can get access to your computer and all of your web surfing activity within 30 seconds of you being online in a public wifi location.

This problem is an epidemic and most people don’t know about it. There are over 24,000 videos on youtube showing people how to hack you over wireless internet connections and one piece software to that allows phones to hack your wifi has been downloaded over a million times!

A report in Forbes magazine found “rampant” examples of wifi hacking and spying at several major US airports. According to an NBC News article, a well funded group drove through towns, accessed people’s computers over public wifi accounts and “snooped on Wi-Fi networks and recorded details of email logins, medical information, sexual preferences and even evidence of extramarital affairs.”

If you don't think you're at risk you're fooling yourself. College students, freelancers, or anyone who uses a hotel, coffee shop or public wifi network is in huge danger of being hacked!

You can prevent hackers from seeing what you’re doing online by using software that encrypts your connection. Encryption takes all your information and scrambles its – its like your computer is now yelling in a foreign language, the other computers can hear it but they can’t understand it.

The Federal Government, the New York Times, and dozens of Local TV Stations all recommend encrypting your data when you’re connected to a public wifeless network.

To encrypt your internet connection all you need to do is install some simple software on your computer and...

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