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Federal Judge Rules That Wifi Sniffing is Perfectly Legal

You probably remember the famous court case last year in which Google was accused of wiretapping because its “street view” cars gathered fragments of Internet traffic from unencrypted wifi networks across the country.

This ruling seemed to indicate that anyone who “sniffed” or looked at unencrypted data on an open wifi network was committing the crime of wiretapping.

A federal judge in Illinois may have set a new precedent by ruling the exact opposite way in a recent court case. Read on for more startling details.

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Behind the Digital Shadows: Video Shows Public WiFi Remains Risky For All Consumers

An Indiana television news outlet says it’s “uncovered a silent scam that’s allowing criminals in central Indiana to access your data without you ever knowing they were there.”

The problem with this news report is that the scam is neither new or strictly affecting citizens of Indiana. Read More

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