On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:20:42AM +0800, James Tan wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that there are a lot of people going to cyber cafes for > various reasons. Just want to know if you also use any during course > of leisure/travel.
Sure, and if they're not allowing me to get wifi access, or at worst, an ethernet plug for my laptop, I move on to the next one. If you type your passphrase on someone else's keyboard, you must assume that it was recorded, as the keyboard itself is perfectly capable of accomplishing this task long before the OS gets a chance to interfere. > How do you protect against the shop(s) from using 'dark' techniques > to steal personal information from us e.g. accounts credentials, CC > etc? Don't trust them at all. Nothing leaving your laptop/netbook/smart phone should do so unless it's either public information or encrypted on the device itself, and even then, understand that "high strength" crypto today is laughably weak 5 years hence. If there's anything you consider sensitive over that stretch of time, consider not sending it over a computer at all. Should you find yourself in a situation where you think something you might send is that sensitive, also consider whether you need help for your mental health, as paranoia and/or delusions of grandeur are quite serious threats to your well-being, usually much more serious than mere credit card snooping could ever be. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <[email protected]> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: [email protected] iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate _______________________________________________ Owasp-Malaysia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia OWASP Malaysia Wiki http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420
