yes, this will be an ipsec or other VPN type software, very similar to the jiwire conect agent (which I can recommend) but which carries a 4.95$ a month fee. Nice to have though, creating a secure wireless connection, regardless of hotspot used open or for pay.

A friend said he had noted a hotspot in SFO a couple weeks ago, that had GOOGLE WIFI as the SSID, but that could have really been anybody. Somewhere downtown I think.