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Originally Posted by jswinden
I make it a habit to never log into WiFi networks unless I know the owner, and I never use the free access WiFi networks. A lot of doctor offices offer free WiFi connection in their waiting rooms, but I don't trust any of those networks.
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The discoverer of Broadpwn is going to be holding a briefing on it
at Black Hat on Thursday, July 27. We should know more after that, but since the problem is in the Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset firmware it is possible that this bug could be exploited if you have Wi-Fi enabled, even if it is not connected.