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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 660536" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>That's because your wireless router isn't using encryption. Set your router to use WPA and the packets transmitted over the airwaves will be encrypted. With that said, if you let someone like that join your network, they'll be able to inspect your packets on the network (not over the airwaves). The only time your data is transmitted securely is when you're using an SSL encrypted site (you can tell these kinds of sites from others because they use HTTPS:// instead of <a href="HTTP://)" target="_blank">HTTP://)</a>.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and one more thing, this isn't isolated to Macs or Windows boxes or even Linux machines. This is true of any machine connecting to a TCP/IP network.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 660536, member: 24098"] That's because your wireless router isn't using encryption. Set your router to use WPA and the packets transmitted over the airwaves will be encrypted. With that said, if you let someone like that join your network, they'll be able to inspect your packets on the network (not over the airwaves). The only time your data is transmitted securely is when you're using an SSL encrypted site (you can tell these kinds of sites from others because they use HTTPS:// instead of [url]HTTP://)[/url]. Oh, and one more thing, this isn't isolated to Macs or Windows boxes or even Linux machines. This is true of any machine connecting to a TCP/IP network. [/QUOTE]
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