Wireless data leak is a very common threat known to not many people. Say for instance, if you are at your coffee shop going running into your bank account details, there is very possibility that the next person sitting a little away from you might just be the one looking for this great opportunity to hack into your money. You are not safe and many claims to crack your password in 10 minutes and sell it or use it for there own benefit.

Major security organization and experts have already notified the population that sitting on the public hotspots can be dangerous and they can pick your silver spoon and feed someone else. Those who are not aware, get some serious advice from your network/security consultant to find out the safest way of browsing through hotspots. Keep this in mind, what every advice you get from the security advisor just don't forget to ask him, "how legitimate security-enabled sites are cracked" and why aren't they taking good care?

Beware of identity twins, as there main goal is to stick to free Wi-Fi access in search of those who will access there personal data and boom! It's gone into wrong hands in seconds you can be ruined. In order for you to be secure, get paid Wi-Fi services which keep your machine safe from such threats. Such scams are very popularly known as "man-in middle" attacks where hotspots can be turned into money making center by identity thieves.

"Sharing information via the Internet is a positive thing and doing so can reap a great deal of positive benefits," said Staff Sergeant Bruce Imrie, Pacific regional coordinator for the RCMP's integrated technological crime unit. "But people need to be aware there are also risks involved" she added.

It sounds like a common assumption that WEP or wireless encryption programs can secure your wireless connection. But in reality, these things can be broken into pieces by experts. WEP being the commonly used wireless encryption protocol as it enables security with the WEP key used to authenticate and connect to the Wi-Fi service.

Be intelligent, get smart and get secured! Get WPA2 and then connect to Wi-Fi as it's always recommended. If you thing you can buy a WEP key or password and hence you connection is secured? Well not necessarily "Technology is always one step behind the bad guys," said Christopher Faulkner, president and chief executive of CI Host, a Web hosting and data management centre with 300,000 customers around the globe. "WEP is junk encryption. … All you have to do is intercept one packet and you know the password."

Therefore, things that experts and advisors are talking and talking is to reduced your access to confidential information on the internet via any hotspot and try limiting it to web surfing and emailing only as it's of no use to a stranger.

"People should be aware that what they are doing could be captured by a third party," said Faulkner. "It is like having someone standing over your shoulder looking at your computer and they could be yards away from you in the coffee shop" he added.

Faulkner point out the threat of identity theft is so much these days that those probing as legitimate Wi-Fi service providers can be undercover thieves.