On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Dylan Tusler < dylan.tus...@sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au> wrote:
> Got a colleague who is travelling to UK, Greece and Turkey, and she wants > to be able to do some internet stuff (banking, email etc) via mobile handset > while on the move. > > Better to look for a data plan? Or rely on WiFi? How would you do it? > > Also, we have a co-worker that recently had her identity snatched via open > WiFi in a cafe. Ended up losing her email account, and having her bank > account compromised, partly because of lax password practices. How can you > harden up against these kinds of things? > google Firesheep. That's what's often used to hack, and looking at that gives suggested preventions. > > Cheers, > > Dylan Tusler > Acting Data, Development & Integration Manager > ICTS Branch > Sunshine Coast Council > ph: +61 (0)7 5420 8002 > > [image: Sunshine Coast Council] <http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/> > > [image: Sunshine Coast Council is on > Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/SunshineCoastCouncil> __ > __ > To find out more about the Sunshine Coast Council, visit your local office > at Caloundra, Maroochydore, Nambour or Tewantin or visit us online at > www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au. <http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/> If > correspondence includes personal information, please refer to Council's > Privacy > Policy<http://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=disclaimer> > > This email and any attachments are confidential and only for the use of the > addressee. If you have received this email in error you are requested to > notify the sender by return email or contact council on 1300 00 7272 and are > prohibited from forwarding, printing, copying or using it in anyway, in > whole or part. Please note that some council staff utilise Blackberry > devices, which results in information being transmitted overseas prior to > delivery of any communication to the device. In sending an email to Council > you are agreeing that the content of your email may be transmitted overseas. > Any views expressed in this email are the author's, except where the email > makes it clear otherwise. The unauthorised publication of an email and any > attachments generated for the official functions of council is strictly > prohibited. Please note that council is subject to the Right to Information > Act 2009 (Qld) and Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld). > -- Meski "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
