Free Wi-Fi Can Come at a Terrible Cost  Advice on how to protect
yourself when using Wi-Fi from the blog Tex on Tech.  About Tex
on Tech: I currently work for Vicarious Productions Inc. located
in Palatine, and I am the head of technology for that company. I
have vast technical expertise on all things computer related. I
am often refered to as the Technology Whisperer. If I don't know
the immediate answer to a question i will find the correct
answer for you.   Have you ever been to your favorite public
venue whether it’s a coffee shop or hangout and used their free
Wi-Fi? If so you have left yourself open to a MITM attack.  What
is an MITM attack? MITM stands for 'man in the middle'. This is
a very popular and easy way for people to hack into your online
accounts. Through various software and techniques hackers are
able to spoof the Wi-Fi connection you use in public and reroute
all of your information through their computers. In fact the
hacker doesn’t even need a computer to do this type of attack,
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