[UgaBYTES] Security experts warn Wi-Fi users to be more vigilant against hackers

Mwathi Francis mfrancis at ugabytes.org
Tue Aug 25 10:44:40 GMT 2009


You're sitting in an airport lounge and seize the chance to check your
e-mails before your flight departs. You log on and are tempted by a wireless
Internet provider offering free Internet access. So, do you take it? Wi-Fi
users have been warned to protect their computers against potential hackers
at Wi-Fi hotspots.
WIFI stands for any networking technology that uses radio waves to provide
wireless high-speed internet <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Internet.html>and
network <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/network.html> connections. Wi-Fi
works with no physical wired connection between sender and receiver by using
radio frequency technology

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