Once you’re in, let’s say you want to do that thing called packet sniffing. Any traffic that is unencrypted (which is likely to be a great deal) will be captured by Wireshark. Places like Starbucks do not require a password for their WiFi, but even if they did and were running WPA-2 certifications, passive actions like packet sniffing can still yield results. All you do is, according to the company’s official website, “select ‘Google Starbucks’ WiFi network, open a browser and click ‘Accept & Connect.’ Then you’re… ready to enjoy fast WiFi with your coffee.” Thankfully, the store is full of people just waiting to be cyber casualties via public WiFi. With how easy it is to simply gain access to the network, there isn’t a ton of hacking to be done. Today, you decide on Starbucks since the Pumpkin Spice Latte is now available. This leads us back to the coffee shop WiFi. Packet sniffing undetected on a network may just be that thing do it. You want to do something that impresses your script-kiddie pals on IRC something that says you have actual skill. You want to do more than vandalize websites with ASCII drawings or hack your buddies on Facebook and change their relationship status to 10 years of being married to a goat. Let’s imagine for a second, however, that you are an up-and-coming black-hat hacker. The possibility for malware infection and Man-in-The-Middle attacks are enough to keep us away from such networks. For cybersecurity pros, public WiFi is a place we like to avoid. For me, personally, it is for an overpriced cappuccino that tells the world I am an important guy and probably work on really lucrative projects.īesides ego boosts, a major reason people go to coffee shops is the free WiFi that students, writers, and countless other individuals use for convenience. People go to coffee shops like Starbucks or Peets for many reasons.
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