“Free Public Wi-Fi”, A Mystery Solved

I’m glad to find an answer to this mystery… what is that available wi-fi hotspot that shows up in my list of available wireless networks that is labeled as ‘Free Public Wi-Fi’, but really looks like a computer-to-computer connection? I’ve always avoided it, fearing some kind of hacker lure, like the witch’s house of candy in Hansel and Gretel.

Happily today, a path of blog entries (Joho to Pogue) led to the answer, posted more than a year ago here in Tech Blog.

The answer? A Windows bug. Why is that no surprise?