I guess all we share here is safe and confidential?Looking up at the URL bar now I see this portion of my ER Forums session is not secure so that appears to be the case here.
I guess all we share here is safe and confidential?Looking up at the URL bar now I see this portion of my ER Forums session is not secure so that appears to be the case here.
Been there many times (6 or 7 times I think) when I was working. There is nothing like attending a week+ long security conference (Blackhat/Defcon) in Las Vegas with all expenses paid (well almost all )
Right. It's sort of like someone saying "I've been driving without using a seatbelt for years and I've never been injured, so it's safe."As far as the people saying they've done it a million times with no issues, that's fine and true. Personally I don't think too many people are lurking waiting for innocent victims to log onto the hotel wifi. ANd 2FA helps a lot. But they really aren't very safe, and you never know when lightning will strike.
Same here.I'm paranoid about this and never contact my financial institutions while on the road, But I have things set up so I don't need to. I would not be uncomfortable accessing banking over the cellular connection on my phone or via the phone's hotspot. If I ever run into a situation where it becomes critical to use public wifi I would risk it because I am confidant that my financial institutions use end to end https.
Right. It's sort of like someone saying "I've been driving without using a seatbelt for years and I've never been injured, so it's safe."
Can't vote as I only use cellular date to do mobil baking when away from home. Would never use a hotel wifi for banking.
Is that safe?I only use the cell carrier when away from home to access financial sites.
Bingo.https does not encrypt metadata, meaning it leaks all sorts of information about you and the sites you access, though probably not your password. By gathering your metadata a hacker can learn much about you, perhaps enough information to impersonate you online.
Can't vote as I only use cellular date to do mobil baking when away from home. Would never use a hotel wifi for banking.
Can't vote as I only use cellular date to do mobil baking when away from home. Would never use a hotel wifi for banking.
Without getting into technical details, if you are using a browser, the connection between your device and the server is encrypted from end-to-end. The perceived security of the hotel wifi should not factor into this decision.