Online Shoplifting

  

Yeah. Checking your email in the lobby of that hotel was probably a really bad idea. You didn't log out. Or, even if you did, you never thought that all of your data was actually stored on the hotel's server. And the IT guy who manages it for $72,000 a year wanted...more. So he found your credit cards and all kinds of personal password information in your inbox. And now, well, you're pretty much toast. They'll have bought a bunch of things from various sources long before you even realize it.

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