This kind of crap is why everyone should use HTTPS whenever possible

While the recent AT&T ad-injection scandal is still fresh on our minds, now is the perfect opportunity to give everyone a simple little privacy tip that can go a long way towards protecting oneself on the Internet. For those of you who aren’t familiar, AT&T was recently caught using one of its Wi-Fi hotspot locations to inject advertisements into devices that connected to the hotspot as part of what the company claims was a “test.” AT&T is far from the only company that does this, but fortunately there are a few simple ways to protect yourself from this kind of thing, such as using HTTPS whenever possible.