Hide your IP address online in airports and hotels

The following warning I guess should be taken with a grain of salt. To be fair, I haven't experienced this myself, but it is something that happens to millions of people around the world.  It's just one of those things that you think always happens to someone else until one day it happens to you.  I have been a victim of identity theft - though my own stupidity, falling for a phishing scam - but the same thing could easily happen by accessing the Internet from public networks in airports and hotels.  This is why it's important to hide your IP address online in these places.About ten million Americans fall victim to identity theft and other forms on fraud online each year.  Part of this is from getting passwords and login credentials stolen over shared networks. I've mentioned this a few times already, so if you're not sure what that means, it means that you access the Internet from a connection. This could be in an airport, an Internet cafe, a hotel, a dorm, or any other place where there are many users one the same wifi connection.  The thing is that when you share an Internet connection with someone, it's like sharing a house with someone.  Sure, you have your own room to do your own private stuff, but its super easy to just open up a window or listen in to see what's going on in another room.That's where "packet sniffing" comes in.  This kind of tool, used in the right way, can be used by businesses to monitor traffic over work networks. This way they can see where to alter settings on their network to make everything run more smoothly, look for malware, and make other observations about their network as a whole.  Unfortunately, these tools are also available for individual use.  That means that with a packet sniffer, or with other network monitoring tools, users can spy on you, and you won't even know about it.To fight back, you can hide your IP address online.  There are a variety of tools, including proxy software, web based proxies, and virtual private networks available to help you "disappear" from open networks, code you private data, and protect yourself online.  This way, when you travel through airports and hotels, you don't have to think twice about connecting to the net!