How to use hotel wifi safely

The links below are to a few articles about how to use FREE hotel wifi safely. In summary:
1. There is no real safe way to use hotel wifi - Be Warned
2. Using the hotel LAN (not wifi) is even worse
3. Using VPN provides a layer of protection since it hides the data transmitted from your device to the internet. However it still doesn't prevent a trojan from being planted on your system and accessing your file system.


http://us.norton.com/yoursecurityresource/detail.jsp?aid=free_wifi

http://traveltips.usatoday.com/safely-use-wireless-internet-hotels-2970.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Stay-Safe-While-Using-Hotel-WiFi

http://blog.hotspotshield.com/2013/06/17/hotel-wifi-security/

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6132_102-565662/how-can-i-use-free-wifi-in-hotel-safely/