Another idea:
When connecting to wireless hotspots or using any wireless lan access that you don't know, for example on travels, you don't need to worry because the connection to the Internet that you establish using their infrastructure is encrypted and can't be intercepted by eavesdroppers and not even by the person offering the wireless connection.
P.S: American army uses VPN to securely connect to American servers even when using god knows whose phone line
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