Using open wifi network?

[darin s]

The things that you have to worry about are things like credit card info or any personal information like phone numbers, birth-dates, address's, passwords and on and on. Yes people could figure out what websites you are going to but also and a bigger problem is that you are giving people an easier way into your computer. Hackers are very good at putting little bits of information together. They will take a lil information from here and there ( things that you put out there for them but do not think are important ) and they will look for the other information they need on their own. There are things that you can do to make it a lil safer like a good anti-virus kept up to date and a firewall but the bottom line is that when you go on an open network you are taking more of a risk then usual.