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This is a good example of why you need to learn about Wifi, connecting to wireless networks, and not just assuming you are safe. It’s amazing how easily your credit card number can be stolen in a public Wifi hotspot.

Personally, when i am at a coffee shop or hotel, I make it a point NOT to do anything online I wouldn’t want someone knowing about. This includes email (unless encrypted) and any credit card transactions.

Not only can you be scammed as in the above video, but all the little packets of information you are sending from your computer are wafting through the air, along with the coffee bean aroma, there for anyone with the knowhow to sniff out and record.

Oh, and where do the hottie hackers like the woman in this video hide out anyway???

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the release of the first Apple Macintosh computer. The famous “1984″ commercial hyping the event was broadcast during the Super Bowl 23 years ago yesterday. Word has it Bill Gates was seen giggling like a school girl at the mere mention of the “milestone.”

Following Will’s lead, I’ll relent somewhat on the PG-13 and share a great commercial parody. This is a sweet twist on the Mac/PC commercial, and oh how true it seems.

This video accompanies a security study performed by The Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. It demonstrates some of the more prominent (and alarming!) security flaws of a popular voting machine offered by Diebold. Results of the study can be found at: http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting/index.html