Free, public Wi-Fi hot spots are wonderful for checking e-mail and surfing the Net while you’re away from the office. They’re also perfect breeding grounds for sinister folks that enjoy snooping and “sniffing” for your information.

If you have a wireless network at home, have it rudimentarily secured by requiring a password for a successful connection. Sure, passwords can be broken, but it takes a lot of work if you’ve based the password on the newer WPA technology as opposed to the older WEP security protocol.

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