What is the best way to secure your connection at wifi hotspots?
Areas unsecured such as airports, cafes, hotels, etc.
Possible free VPNs or other security software?
The thing about Wi-fi hotspots is they are for the general population, and therefore encryption keys are usually not used and therefore unsecured.
However, the only real reason to secure any wireless connection is because you don’t want others piggy-backing off your network and taking away from you bandwidth.
Just because you are using a wireless connection does not mean you are fully exposed & an easy target for a hacker.
But word to the wise, most hacking is done through acquiring personal information that most people provide quite easily if asked the right way.
Example: Maybe you have a picture of your dog Ralph as your desktop background picture. Then someone strikes up what seems to be polite conversation while you are checking out your portfolio of recent investments. They may say something like, "what a beautiful dog, what’s his name?"
and of course you say "Ralph." Well now this person may have one of the answers to your secret question you setup incase you forget your password. It’s subtle & sneaky; but you’d be surprise how quickly that can equate to a successful hack.
And please, don’t have your badge from work hanging on your rear-view mirror in your car when your not at work. I see it all the time, and just pray these people don’t work in government or something similar.
Good luck and be safe. 
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Mobile Hotspot App on Verizon Wireless Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus for WiFi Tethering
Mobile HotSpot app on the webOS Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus on Verizon Wireless for internet sharing; can shre connections with laptops or up to five other devices via WiFi
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What are some good wifi hotspots in New York City?
I will be moving to New York by the end of the month and i am curious to popluar places i can go to who offer free wifi. Any ideas?
List of Free WiFi hotspots for New York City from wififreespot.com
New York City/Manhattan/Queens – see Bronx and Brooklyn above
88 Orchard – 88 Orchard St – 212 228 8880
A1 Internet Design – 115 Broadway, 13th Floor – 212-397-7481
Alt.coffee – 139 Avenue A – 212-529-2233
American Trash – 1471 1st Ave – 212 988 9008
Apple Store – Soho – Prince St.
Apple Store – 767 Fifth Ave – 212-336-1440
Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar – for customers in second and third floor dining rooms – 205 W 50th St
ARK Communications – 90 Stanton Street – (212) 387-0040
Bar 108 – 108 W Houston St – 212 505 2015
Battery Park – southern tip area
Bean & Bean – 71 Broadway – 212 422 8083
Belcourt – 84 E 4th – 212-979-2034
Best Value Electronics – 4-6 W 14th St – 212 414 9697
Boqueria – 53 W 19th St – 212-255-4160
Bowery Poetry Club – 308 Browery – 212 614 0505
Bryant Park – between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues
Burger King – 255 W 34th St – 917 351 0500
CBS Mobile Zone – Times Square to Central Park South and from 6th Avenue to 8th Avenue
Cafe Andalucia – 533 9th Ave
Cafe Brahma – 2nd Ave, between 9th and 10th
Cafe Mocha – 116 2nd Ave – 212 253 2050
Caffe MED – 1268 2ND Ave – (212) 744-5370
Cake Shop Cafe & Record Store – 152 Ludlow St. btwn Stanton and Rivington St
Chelsea Market – 75 Ninth Avenue, at 16th Street
Chelsea Piers – within Sports Center/probably members only – 23rd St & the Hudson River
Chevys Fresh Mex Restaurant – Battery Park City, 102 North End Avenue – (212) 786-1111
Circa Tabac – 11:30 AM-5PM – 32 Watts Street – (212) 941-1781
Columbia University Campus – 114th-120th St between Broadway and Amsterdam
Cosi – 2186 Broadway – 212 595 5616
Cup of NYC – a list of coffee shops with Free Wi-Fi, with reviews
Cyclo Restaurant – 203 1st Ave – 212-6733957
Digby’s – 52nd and Fifth Avenue
Ditch Plains – 29 Bedford St – 212-633-0202
Downtown Alliance provides free access in City Hall Park, Bowling Green Park, Winter Garden, Stone Street, Vietnam Veteran’s Plaza at 55 Water Street, 1 New York Plaza, Staten Island Ferry Terminal and at South Street Seaport.
Dunkin Donuts – 2nd Avenue between 10th and 11th streets and 10th Ave between 43rd and 44th
Earth Matters – 177 Ludlow – (212) 475-4180
Epistrophy – 200 Mott St – 212 966 0904
Food Emporium – upstairs – 59th Street Bridge
Giana – 1584 First Ave – 212 452 1111
Gizzi’s Coffee – 16 W 8th St – 212-260-9700
Guy and Gallard – 469 7th Ave – 212-695-0006
Happy 16 Diner – 16 Pell St – (212) 962 – 6588
Hip Cup Cafe – Park Row
Housing Works Cafe – 126 Crosby St – 212 334 3324
INI ANI – 105 Stanton St – 212.254.9066
Indian Cafe – 2791 Broadway – 212 749 9200
James Duane Restaurant – 185 Duane St – 866-James Duane
Joe, the art of coffee – 141 Waverley Pl – 212-924 6750 and 9 E 13th St – 212 924 7400 and 405 W 23rd St – 212 206 0669 and Grand Central Terminal/Graybar Passage – 212 661 8580
Kaffe 1668 – 275 Greenwich St – 212 693 3750
Lalita Java Espresso Bar and Coffee Lounge – 210 East Third St. at Ave. B – 212-228-8448
Lenax Terrace bldg 10POC – 3-5 West 122, #4C – 646-326-9450
Les Halles – 411 Park Avenue South
Les Halles – 15 John Street
Lincoln Center Plazas – between West 62nd and 65th Streets and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues
Lit Lounge – 5PM-4AM – 93 2nd ave btwn 5th & 6th
Little Owl – 90 Bedford St – 212-741-4695
Madison Square Garden
McNally Jackson Books – 52 Prince St – 212 274 1160
Metropolitan Museum of Art – admission charge to museum, limited access area – 1000 5th Ave – 212-535-7710
NewsCafe on Broadway – 11 Broadway
New York Public Library locations in The Bronx and Manahattan offer "filtered" access
Main branch on 5th Ave at 41st St: WiFi only in Room 108 the Periodical room
openwifiNYC – many listings
Organique – 110 East 23 St – 212-674-2229
Parish & Co Restaurant – 202 Ninth Avenue – 212-414-4988
Penn Station – W 33rd St
Pie by the Pound – 124 4th Ave – 212 475 4977
Pig Heaven Rest. – lunchtime hours – 1540 Second Ave – 212 744 4887
Queens Public Library Branches
Risa Restaurant – 47 East Houston Street between Mott and Mulberry Streets – 212.625.1712
Sacred Chow – 227 Sullivan St – 212 337 0863
Saurin Park Cafe – 301 West 110th Street – 212 – 222-0683
Schiller’s Liquor Bar – 131 Rivington St – 212-260-4555
Sip Bar & Lounge – 998 Amsterdam Ave – 212-316-2747
Society – 2104 Frederick Douglas Blvd – 212 222 3323
Spitzer’s Corner – 101 Rivington St – 212 228 0027
St. Dymphna’s – 118 St. Mark’s Place (btw. 1st + Ave. A) – 212-254-6636
State of Grace Pub – 1074 1st Ave – 212.207.3858
Sunburst Espresso Bar – 206 3rd Ave – (212) 674-1702
Sympathy for the Kettle – 109 St. Marks Place
TechSpace – West Village – 95 Morton Street – Ground Floor – (212)-331-1100
Tekserve – 119 West 23rd Street (b/w 6th & 7th) – 212.929.3645
The Cellar – 325 East 14th Street – 212.477.7747
The Underground Lounge – 955 West End Ave – 212 531 4759
Think Coffee – 248 Mercer Street (between 3rd and 4th Streets) – (212) 228-6226
Times Square area – Yahoo/Times S
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What are some good nintendo wifi hotspots?
McDonald’s, other Fast food restaurants, and Video game stores offer good wifi spots. Places like Barne’s and Noble and Starbucks have AT&T wifi, which require you to pay for internet usage. Wireless internet routers also work.
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Antamedia HotSpot Software – HotSpot Billing WiFi Software
Antamedia HotSpot software helps you in controlling and billing your customers for the Internet usage. It is suitable for all the purposes where a customer should be prompted to type the username and the password to get the Internet access. Software includes billing, statistics and reporting with many other useful features. It is hardware independent and you can use any type of access point, router, switch in otder to control your WiFi, WiMax, LAN, Cable, DSL, Satellite connection
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what is the diffrence between wifi and broadband in a pda?
i am looking at the motorola q and it says it supports broadband but a review said that it doesnt have wifi.
WiFi means that the PDA is equipped with a capability of connecting to the wireless networks, for example WiFi routers commonly installed in homes or hotels, etc.
Using WiFi, you don’t user any minutes of data exchanges with the Cell Phone provided internet.
When the PDAs say that Broadband is available, they mean using the Cell Phone providers network you can use the internet to browse at high speeds. Most of the cell phones now a days have broadband EDGE or 3G connection available.
EDGE network is widely available with Cingular for example.
Similarly, Verizon and Sprint have their own version of high speed data transfers available for the cell phone users.
Coming back to WiFi enabled phones. I think they are better as you can use it to connect to your computer at home or work or any wifi network available for free.
This way you are not charged any data rate for browsing. You can browse for unlimited hours without having to pay a penny.
NOTE: ALL THE WiFi enabled phones also support the Broadband as well. I don’t know if any one does not.
So go with phone that has WiFi.
I’ve "Cingualar 8125" It is a great phone and has almost everthing that you can ask for.
Check it out at Cingular or google
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Were can i find wifi hotspots?
are there any places with wifi hotspots near fremont?
ive searched many places for wifi…for some reason i found many mcdonalds’ have hotspots…(amazing) but otherwise, try any coffee shop like starbucks, thats open at this hour…if all else fails…buy a router for 40$, and plug it on ur computer…if its for a labtop use a router or for a nintendo DS(my purpose) use a router or usb adapter…if u find out that mcyd’s works send me an email back at metalmeyham132000@hotmail.com
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Are there any wireless broadband services that don’t require a contract?
I am flying back home for a month and I need to continue my classes online.
You can uses a wifi capable phone with the home network without any data plans and all for free!!!
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Will iPhones Fly with Free WiFi?
http://live.pirillo.com – AT&T has now made it so you can now get online with your iPhone anywhere there is a HotSpot of theirs… including airports! Finally! It used to be a pita to try to get a connection in an airport. Not anymore, thanks to AT&T!
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Create A Wifi HotSpot! With a Mac, an Ethernet Connection, and Airport.
How I Make Money Online:
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http://failblog.org/2009/06/22/urinal-fail-3/
This video will show you how to make a wireless internet hotspot (basically a wifi zone) with just your mac, an ethernet cord (connected to your modem of course), and airport.
TAKE NOTE: Most mac computers already have airport compatibility on their computers. If you have bought a mac within the last 2 and maybe 3 years, you most likely will have airport compatibility.
Watching this video will help you releive the stress of having to deal with a router (I myslef had trouble using a router).
When you create your hotspot you will be able to use internet on:
*Your iPod Touch (first and second generation (1st gen), and second generation (2nd gen, or 2g) (any ipod touch version for future references))
*Your Sony PSP (includes psp 1000, 2000, and 3000 series (any version of psp, for future references))
*Another computer that has wifi compatibility
***basically anything that supports wireless internet.
Enjoy.
I did not find this out myself, I was lurking around youtube, and found a video.
This is not the video where I found it from, but it is really similar. The video will show you how to do this on MAC, Vista, and XP (Windows Vista, Windows XP)
I did not make the above linked video.
Comments by YouTube users:
“For those who are clueless:
The ethernet cord is what transfers the data from your modem to the computer. The modem is what connects to your ISP to get an internet connection. He is using the built in AirPort Card in his Mac Mini to broadcast the connection.
Hope that helped.”
–BigAl109
“Damn you just saved about 100 dollars plus!!!! Thanks…”
–xXxSandmanzRiPPiN
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