What you give away when you log into a public WiFi network
For those who still surf on the waves of ignorance: watch out what you do on the public WiFi of your favourite café; not only do the walls have ears, but you are writing on them as well for everyone to see.
A journalist took an ethical hacker with him to a café.
Shocked by what he realised that was possible after 20 minutes, after the session the journalist decided never to never go unprotected on public WiFis.
The waitress serves us our coffee and hands us the WiFi password. After Slotboom is connected, he is able to provide all the visitors with an internet connection and to redirect all internet traffic through his little device.
We learn that Joris had previously visited McDonald’s, probably spent his vacation in Spain (lots of Spanish-language network names), and had been kart-racing (he had connected to a network belonging to a well-known local kart-racing center). Martin, another café visitor, had been logged on to the network of Heathrow airport and the American airline Southwest. In Amsterdam, he’s probably staying at the White Tulip Hostel. He had also paid a visit to coffee shop called The Bulldog.
In less than 20 minutes, here’s what we’ve learned about the woman sitting 10 feet from us: where she was born, where she studied, that she has an interest in yoga, that she’s bookmarked an online offer for an anti-snore mantras, recently visited Thailand and Laos, and shows a remarkable interest in sites that offer tips on how to save a relationship.
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