Just don't do 'login' type work at public wifi :/ is that so hard? Do people not know this already? Did some people ever think it was safe to use public wifi for anything other than general browsing?
Please HN: Stop getting outraged by stuff that doesn't really matter. You're turning into Reddit, and just like them, you will have forgotten all about this by next week, and be on to the next topic you need to be outraged about. It's depressing. Angelgate? No one cares any more. No one should have cared in the first place.
I don't know where you see 'outrage'. I only see someone investigating the security concerns of users of a Starbucks' wifi and being worried that they don't care about their privacy.
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : "If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It's a common semi-noob illusion.)"
Please HN: Stop getting outraged by stuff that doesn't really matter. You're turning into Reddit, and just like them, you will have forgotten all about this by next week, and be on to the next topic you need to be outraged about. It's depressing. Angelgate? No one cares any more. No one should have cared in the first place.