Chipp Walters wrote:
I'm not concerned about Internet wires and signals - I happily use
Internet banking over public wifi -
Wow! Can you tell me which Starbucks you'll be visiting soon? ;-)
None - but that's for other reasons :-)
I know of people who troll near public wifi spots just looking to grab
usernames and passwords. I certainly would be _very careful_ about it.
The whole point is that in a ssl-connected context, nothing, including
usernames and passwords is sent in the clear; so they can listen in on
my wifi connection if they want - it's already encrypted end-to-end.
The data is only vulnerable between the time it leaves my
fingers/keyboard until it gets encrypted - hence my unwillingness to use
an "unsafe" computer. For similar reasons I wouldn't use a
wireless-connected keyboard, or a Bluetooth-connected keyboard (not
without investigating their encryption level).
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