bumblingFOOL

to rephrase the question i posted. what are the dangers of using wifi connections (like internet cafes) and are there ways to make those dangers go away (like firewalls and other programs)? Or are those risks just there and you just have to take them?

I was just wondering what are the danger of using other people's WiFi and how do you prevent it from happening?I pay for my own wireless service and many times i get disconnected (DSL Light continuously blinks) and have trouble getting logged back on. On several occasions now, when bidding on an item in an eBay auction is about to end, bids that i have made get out bid, and when i try to rebid, i get disconnected and lose out on the item. Another time they usually happen is when i play online poker and i get disconnected and timed out on a hand were i end up losing money.my disconnections usually happen nightly and they happen on crucial situations that is costing me money.I was wondering what are the dangers of using an unprotected WiFi source for things like eBay and Internet Poker? Are there ways to protect myself from those dangers?I know that using other people WiFi is immoral and probably illegal, but the WiFi source i've stumbled into gets great speeds (2850Kb/s on speakeasy speedtest) and i doubt they would get a slow down from me using it for ebay or internet poker. I've used the connection in the past just to surf the net when my connection was down, and prevented myself from logging into any online accounts, but i do know it is a stable connection.Thanks in advance for reading and maybe giving your two cents.