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  • Almost all public networks allowed data such as user names and passwords to pass through the air unencrypted.

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  • However, Michalak found himself on the wrong side of Irish referee Peter Fitzgibbon when he attempted and failed to pluck a Wayne Evans pass out of the air one-handed as the line beckoned.

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  • And, two minutes later, Warrington cashed in with their sixth try when a Briers kick was plucked out of the air by Hicks, who squeezed the pass out of the tackle for King to score in the corner.

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