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Does Your Wi-Fi Hotspot Have an Evil Twin?

Wednesday March 23, 2005
You may want to think twice before logging into a public wireless hotspot. Sure, grabbing a few minutes of connectivity is convenient, but identity thieves are discovering that, through "evil twin" attacks, hotspots are a great way to steal unsuspecting users' private information.

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