London Wi-Fi hotspots still unprotected

**Glaswegian** · 06-05-2007, 02:13 PM

More than a third of Wi-Fi hotspots in the City and Docklands areas of London are unprotected by encryption, putting users' data at risk, security experts have warned.

Security firm Kaspersky Lab conducted research comparing 400 Wi-Fi hotspots in the City and the Docklands area surrounding Canary Wharf with 400 across the rest of London.

http://www.techworld.com/security/ne...SS&NewsID=9041

**carsey** · 06-05-2007, 02:15 PM

ive seen many hotspots in airports etc which are unprotected, not only in the UK. Its silly how anyone could be so careless.

**Kalim** · 06-10-2007, 08:45 AM

That's quite bad. I've used them quite a lot when travelling, although I do use encrypted volumes anyway, so won't really be affected too much by any lurkers.

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Kalim Roaming To Help Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,642 OS: Many	Re: London Wi-Fi hotspots still unprotected That's quite bad. I've used them quite a lot when travelling, although I do use encrypted volumes anyway, so won't really be affected too much by any lurkers.