Re: Opera Mini 4 versus iphone Safari

ZnU <znu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Meh. I'm on the Upper West Side, and I can spot two open access points
> from by bedroom right now, and I've seen as many as six. Lots of home
> users run open wireless, and many areas of Manhattan are residential 
> space above commercial space, so it's pretty easy to find a signal. I
> suppose I'm exaggerating a little by saying there will be one on 60% of
> street corners, but there probably will be one within 200 ft. walking
> distance in a lot of neighborhoods. Walk down residential side streets
> in more affluent neighborhoods, and there might be a dozen or more on a
> block.

Open access points are seen by some here as zero cost internet access, 
hasn't it occur to anyone that the open access point owner could be
using it as a honeypot, sniffing your data, extracting your passwords,
dumping viruses on your hard drive for later retransmission, etc, you
name it - they'll do it.

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Immunity is better than innoculation.

Peter