As we all know, todays smartphones are often set to connect to known SSIDs automatically.
This generally leads users to either trust or overlook the networks they are connecting to.
To mitigate these risks, simple Wi-Fi monitoring tools are available for free online.
In just 4 hours, Avast saw more than 8 million data packets from more than 2,000 users.
To protect peoples privacy, the researchers scanned the data, but did not store it.
source: www.techworm.net