[flipper35]

Which of the new hacks? We talked about so many at the conference that my mind started to go numb. Mostly though, don't ever use a wi-fi that isn't password protected for anything important because they send all the packets in clear text while the password protected ones send the packets encrypted. You can still get hacked, but it is much harder. If you use a VPN to connect to work then the VPN is usually well encrypted and you can use those on unprotected wi-fi. Also, don't use the option to automatically connect. The hacker will send a packet (deauthenticate) to get your equipment to disconnect from the real wi-fi and if the hacker has a stronger signal you will connect to that one automatically and they become man in the middle and can route you to wherever they like on the way to your destination.

Richard, we had the opposite problem for a while here. He would base his decisions based on the shortest skirt. That is how we ended up with a very expensive POS phone system that we had to have two spare analog gateways for because they broke before they could get the replacement spare to us. Having the second spare gave us a replacement for the spare that would undoubtedly break. We did not finish that contract. What was frustrating is that he never asked anyone's opinion after the meetings with the sales people from the different companies.

I aint the brightest bulb in the litter but I know when to grab a new bat on 4th down.