Knowing that the access point your connecting to, be it the one in your home or the one in your favorite coffee shop are authentic is a major concern for users. They might not be who you think and rigged up to sniff your passwords, credit card or anything else you might send. Various services exist to authenticate access points and the clients connecting to them, but sadly, they seem to only be for the paranoid right now and the general masses seem not to have caught onto the risk.
Via [techworld.com]