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  1. One more vote for Pig and Whistle, been good every time I've been in there.
  2. I would be very wary of using any wireless connections for any sensitive activities. Free wireless is usually unencrypted (anybody nearby can "see" everything you do if they just listen) or low-grade encryption (can be cracked in near real-time with freely available online tools). Even the higher grade WPA wireless encryption can be easily cracked if you just sit nearby and gather enough packets, again using freely available tools and a little know-how. Also keep in mind that wherever you use any connection, wireless or not, you are betting on the network administrator to not record your packets. With enough packets, even your high encryption ssl connections can be broken - but that takes time and is much more difficult than wireless cracking, pretty unlikely. You are safest with a wired connection accessed from your own computer (internet cafe computers may have key-loggers that record everything you type, encryption doesn't help here), odds are pretty good that you will be safe. I actually have a bank account that I use just for travel, that I put only my vacation money in. That way, if I have to access it from a risky spot, I may loose some of my vacation cash, but not my life savings. /software engineer
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