DennisG9 wrote:
Does using your own router offer any more security?
Afterall aren't you still working over a public network?
It's been explained here many, many times that your security is maintained by the HTTPS protocol of the website you are connecting to (your bank, your credit card company, and many others). It doesn't matter whether the network you connect to is open or secure not as long as you make sure you connect to a legitimate network owned by the hotel, campground or store, etc.
The horror stories posted on the internet are almost all the result of people who connected to scam networks designed to harvest data. Don't be so eager to get free wifi that you don't check to see if you're on the right network.
