Your plugin question will be answered in my next article–thanks for the idea!

Public WiFi is something I use all the time and theoretically if someone nearby really knows what they are doing they can view what you’re into. I have no idea how that works or how to view what anyone else is doing nor do I want too.

I had a problem a couple of years ago in a hotel where someone changed some words in a post I was in the process of writing, I changed it back then he,she, or it would change it back again. Still don’t understand how they were able to do that but in this case it was just a prank. However, once I saved and logged out they apparently no longer had access.

I have gone to the Blog World Conference the last two years and observed thousands of bloggers using public WiFi there with little concern. I kind of think that if your user and PW are saved on your own computer and you login quickly it might be rather difficult for someone to pickup–at least that is my uninformed impression.

One thing for sure, I avoid any monetary transactions in those situations even if the site is supposedly secure and encrypted.

Blessings,
Michael

I was curious to know what other plugins or utilities do you use/recommend? I have a few installed and so far everything is going smoothly, but I’m always ready to hear of new finds that work well.

Also, any suggestions for public wifi security? To my knowledge, self-hosted WP doesn’t support HTTPS for encrypted login. I don’t use public wifi much, but if I do, I would like to be sure that I can log into my blog securely without having my username and password in the open.

Thanks much!