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Saturday, May 04, 2002
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Business/ap20020503_129.htmll As Wireless Networks Grow in Popularity, Privacy Risks Grow As Well The Associated Press Wireless networks are appearing with increased frequency at coffee shops, colleges and even retail stores, and their popularity is raising concerns about threats to privacy. Just this week, Best Buy suspended use of wireless cash registers over concerns that eavesdroppers could obtain credit card numbers and other customer data by sitting in the parking lot with the right equipment. "There are two sets of problems," said Ryan Russell, senior threat analyst for SecurityFocus.com in San Mateo, Calif. "Security measures built into most of these security standards have been broken. Second, people are just putting these (systems) in and not even trying to use the security measures."...
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