Re: [PCWorks] Is It Safe?
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughv2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:51:07 -0500
You're not safe at all, but https sites (Not sights) are secure.
See this MS artice:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/mobile/publicwireless.mspx
More here:
http://onguardonline.gov/wireless.html
James Powell wrote:
> I have a Dell notebook with a built in wireless card (Windows XP).
> How safe is it to connect your laptop or notebook to a public
> Internet access, say at a Starbucks, or at a cafe or at the airport.
> I see people doing this all of the time. Let's say that you are
> logging into your bank accout on a secure bank sight, can your
> password be intercepeted? Can your account information be seen by
> others? What additional precautions should be taken when logging into
> these sights?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -jp
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