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by CoderOnWelfare 4169 days ago
and truthfully WIFI at any cafe is easily spoofed so customers data can be routed thru your fake repeater pretending to be the original WIFI source.

This is like securing your windshield in your car, and not worrying about the car door locks.

The people who know how to snarf your information this way, probably can hack you a dozen other ways too.