Public hot spots do not use WEP or W.P.A. security, because the access key would have to be available to everyone, making it useless.

LEO: Is there a reason why these devices use WEP?

Because otherwise you might as well be using WEP, unencrypted WiFi.

Unless you still use WEP, no, no one will be able to easily snoop your conversations.

And even if you're using WEP, VPN can be very handy in securing your system.

It, too, was designed by the geniuses, the security guys who finally came along and said, okay, we really need to stop using WEP.

They recognize that, okay, they're happy they are no longer using WEP.

He has a way not to use WEP or WPA.

This protocol is based on 802.1X and helps minimize the original security flaws by using WEP and a sophisticated key management system.

But no one really wants to use WEP because it can now be cracked in about a minute.