"You actually have no idea what sites I was visiting when checking if the free public wifi was working so I obviously don't need your advise about which sites I should / should not visit when using it."
I wasn't having a dig mate. You wrote on this thread, "Free Public WiFi" is exactly what comes up on my phone" ___
"Wireless security expert Joshua Wright first noticed it about four years ago at an airport.
"I went to connect to an available wireless network and I saw this option, Free Public WiFi," he remembers. "As I looked more and more, I saw this in more and more locations. And I was aware from my job and analysis in the field that this wasn't a sanctioned, provisioned wireless network, but it was actually something rogue."
Free Public WiFi isn't set up like most wireless networks people use to get to the Internet. Instead, it's an "ad hoc" network — meaning when a user selects it, he or she isn't connecting to a router or hot spot, but rather directly to someone else's computer in the area." ___
And apparently other commuters on Metro Trains in Melbourne have shared similar experiences:
