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[fake_blood]

I was there a couple of days ago with my netbook and noticed on my wifi list a 'bene' connection.

Is it free to use? Or do I need some sort of authorization to link in?

[eamo]

If it doesn't ask for a password......it's free for you to use.

If it does ask for a password, and you have the password.......then it's still free to use.


The only person who pays for wi-fi is the person who paid for it to be installed.

[fake_blood]

maybe it was an error on my mind because I successfully connected, but there was no data transmitting...

in general though, do most coffee shops offer free wifi?

[tatertot]

I have used the Cafe Bene wifi and it is indeed free and not password protected. You do not have to log in or do anything special. Just connect, and use. I know that Starbucks offers free wifi, but you have to log in with your foreigner ID information in order to use it. I don't know about any other coffee shops, though.

[fake_blood]

excellent, I will getting as much bang-for-buck internet use as I can out of a 3,800 americano then.

[chrisassd]

I like to sit in the neighbouring Rotibun which has superior coffee for only 2,500 and use Bene's wifi.

[fake_blood]

butter buns or waffles...decisions, decisions...

[Artris]

Just be very careful what you do while using WiFi. It is very easy for someone to, say, connect to a neighboring WiFi network and rebroadcast under a different name so that it looks like free WiFi from Cafe Bene. Doing this as a host AP (not possible in windows as far as I know) allows you to create a network that looks like an AP, complete with a similar mac address if one feels so inclined.

They would then have access to all the packets you sent through them, likely whatever file folders you have shared etc. Even more devious are users who setup phishing pages. You connect to Cafe Bene's WiFi and, regardless of the page you typed in, you are taken to what looks like a google gmail login or facebook login. You then type in your password and the nightmare begins. This is a peek at the active side,

A person can passively capture packets when the network is unencrypted, or only encrypted with WEP (which is very very easy to crack). At the least someone could keep track of were you are going, what you are doing.

Someone could even replicate a cookie for, say, your facebook login based on the information they capture in unencrypted packets. They then go to facebook and are already logged into your account, no password needed.

I could go on and on. Odds are you won't find someone who cares enough to do any of the above, but you never know with WiFi.

[richardlang]

Yep, the widely available Firesheep plugin for Firefox allows for catching packets -- your login IDs, passwords, and cookies. Artris is right.