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WiFi in the Sky: Is Your Airline Inadvertently Risking Your Online Safety?

Posted on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 by

It’s a perk that is welcome by almost any traveler stuck for hours in a metal tube at 30,000 feet: wireless Internet!

For better or worse, wireless Internet service is almost everywhere.

Alaska Airlines, Virgin America, and Delta have already installed WiFi on its entire mainline fleet. American Airlines will install the service fully by the end of 2012. Same plans are in the works for JetBlue, Southwest, and Icelandair.

Online Safety Risks

With so many airlines offering — or planning to offer — wireless Internet service, are airline companies inadvertently risking their passengers’ safety? Read More

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The Hacking Threat You Don’t Know About On NYC’s Subways

Posted on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 by

It’s not entirely free, but wireless Internet access is finally coming to NYC transit!

The wireless access is part of a gradual rollout, to be managed by Boingo, over the next five years at stations throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens.

One-click WiFi access (read: for a fee, probably $8 a month) will be available to Boingo subscribers on limited routes, as well as Boingo’s WiFi roaming partners, including Skype, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon (read: free access within your subscription plan).

But what this really means is that more than 1.6 billion annual subway riders who connect to the Internet using their smartphones, e-readers, tablets, and other wireless devices while waiting for a train are potentially compromising their identities and online security. Read More

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Nintendo to Offer ‘Automatically Connected’ Free 3DS Wifi At Airports

Posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Nintendo has teamed up with hotspot provider Boingo to offer free wifi in 42 airports, a well-played marketing move intended to highlight the connectivity features of the Nintendo 3DS.

Nintendo 3DS gamers will be able to access the Nintendo Zone, where they can download content and view all Nintendo news and special offers, stream online videos, and download games. Read More

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Boingo, the World’s Leading Wifi Provider, Calls Hotspots Inherently Insecure, Recommends VPNs

Posted on Monday, November 14th, 2011 by

The “world’s leading” provider of wifi call hotspots inherently insecure, and that individual users need to take responsibility for their privacy and security. Indeed, their #1 recommendation is to use a personal VPN. Click the headline above for what this means before you log on in a wireless hotspot again! Read More

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