Lee, What VPN service do you use?
Thanks, John On Sunday, August 24, 2014, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 24, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Pen Helm wrote: > > Is it safe to use a wi-fi hotspot I know nothing about? > > > It depends on a few things: > > (1) If you need a password to get into the hotspot, it's probably pretty > secure because this usually means all the traffic is encrypted. If it's a > truly open hotspot with no password, then that means the traffic may not be > unencrypted. Either way, you can check for encryption by holding down the > option key while hitting the WiFi fan in the menu bar. If it doesn't say > something like *Security: WPA2 Personal*, then your traffic is open to > anyone with a packet sniffer. > > (2) It also depends on what you are doing. Many sites — Gmail, Facebook, > AOL and all banks — run with encrypted sessions in your browser, If the > browser session is encrypted, then nobody can eavesdrop, even if the local > WiFi is unsafe. Look for the https lock in your browser to make sure. > > I pay for a VPN service, and I always use it when I'm on public WiFi, just > in case. With a VPN connection, nobody can peek at your session. It only > costs about $15 per year, and has the added bonus of letting me watch > in-market baseball games from MLB.com and stream BBC content straight > from London. > > > > -- U-2 & SR-71 web page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety -Benjamin Franklin Read the Constitution - It's Interesting! http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html
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