Today I had read an article on yahoo news. It is about using free Wi-Fi to log into Facebook and Twitter online. It also says that by using free Wi-Fi, your account will be very easy to hack into by others. The hacker can easily get you password and user name in order to change your personal profile or obtain personal information.
I believe after this news has been posted that it may affect the businesses which provide free Wi-Fi as one of the benefit, likes coffee shops with customers who want to have a cup of coffee while doing their works or students who have arranged to meet there to do their assignments, etc. Those are the people who may use the shop’s free Wi-Fi to go online. For example, Startbucks provides a nice environment for consumers who want to stop and stay around, and using their free internet is one of the benefits. But after such an article has been posted, some people might afraid that their personal information will be revealed to the public. So they might make their own coffee instead going to Startbucks to use the free internet while buying the coffee. Thus Startbucks may lose some consumers or they can spend some money to invest in better encryption; the value will be added on to each cup of coffee. But if you do not wish to pay for the extra services and want to save more money, the best way is to start make coffee yourself!