It's practically impossible to go into any major city or corporate environment and not find a Wi-Fi signal. Many of these, particularly in public spaces, Wi-Fi spots require no authentication and others present you with a captive portal that may just require you to accept some terms and conditions or require you to log in using something such as your email or Facebook account.
An Evil Twin attack, also known as a Rogue Access Point or a Fake Access Point, is an access point that masquerades as a legitimate access point without the owner's knowledge or consent. End users who would connect to the legitimate access point will connect to the fake point as it is generally the stronger signal.
The attacker who set up the fake point ...