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Originally Posted by yaqh
im sure the major poker clients use encryption at the application level. your internet connection doesn't need to be secure.
unless of course you DONT want your other vital info stolen... i would suggest not doing anykind of online Financial "do-ings" at local wifi spots. while its not normal to get phished at these locations. the chances of your Poker site info being stolen Directly is slim, not Impossible by someone who really wanted it, but highly improbable due to the amount of time it would take to do it.
however email pass, bank pass, any kind of info sent over Wifi in packet form is an easy target,and if someone Knew that it was an amount worth stealing, it would get Phished in a matter of minutes. its unlikely, but it can happen, it has in the past. i would suggest you get a decent Internet security program, I.e. Kaspersky, Eset Nod32, and obviously not the freeware versions as they are just Skins basically, and implement a password program to make it more difficult to get access to your info.
I wuld hate to hear about it happening, but its likely to happenin the near future to someone, due to the lacksidasical approched to Security Vs Convienence. i personally would never play at a Hot spot, even if i only had $50 to my name