MieName wrote:
>>> Also I was wondering if people often set up unsecured networks in
>>> order to entice people to log in so they can snoop on what these
>>> freeloaders are doing? Can the owner of the router know each website
>>> or newsgroup I go to? What about keyloggers? Can they retrieve
>>> passwords?
>> easy as pie, run a sniffer.
>
> So you're sayingt they can retrieve my passwords no matter what I do by
> running a sniffer (whatever that is - I'm just learning about this stuff)?
> That is kind of frightening if true. Guess telephone banking from a
> payphone does have its advantages! And if its true it sure makes unsecured
> wireless internet a lot less attractive.
>
>
Start learning what sniffers are all about by searching google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=what+...L_enUS177US215

This was the first real hit: http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1549

Lou