I need to teach a class on this. After snowmageddon of course.
Richard D. Meadows Co-Founder & CCO Berndows Enterprise LLC [email protected] 502-593-5830 www.berndowsenterprise.com <http://www.berndowsenterprise.com/> @HackerHostelLou > On Jan 21, 2016, at 10:23 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lee, > > I am sure glad Sandy ask this question and all the follow up information…. > > I am very interested and grateful you are willing to help us… > > First, to get TO your VPN and your in a hotel don’t you have to “logon” using > their network BEFORE you can get to your VPN? > > When traveling we try to stay at the Drury Inn’s, great service and they have > their Wi-Fi open, no passwords. If there are no Drury hotels available we > then use Hampton or Hilton and with them you have to enter the password EVERY > day with EVERY devise…drives me crazy and I complain frequently to > corporate..they don’t seem to care what I feel. > > You have settled into the room and are ready to get on the web, to get to a > Hampton Wi-Fi you have to give the password which is where the article says > the hackers can get to you… > > How do you avoid this with a VPN? > > Does the VPN appear as an icon on your desktop and you use it to log on? > Maybe this would keep you safe? > > I would appreciate you walking us through the steps to keep your devices safe > and I assume you can use the VPN for the iPhone and iPad? > > Thanks once again for your help. > > John > > > >> On Jan 21, 2016, at 11:37 AM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 11:27, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 9:56 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hotels and Airports (often coffee shops, bookstores, libraries, etc etc.) >>>> are so open to skilled hackers, their sites can be compromised & expose >>>> all their guest devices…bummer. >>>> >>>> This is why when I travel I use my own Mi-Fi’s rather than the >>>> establishment's…so many horror stories that I wanted to stay away from >>>> potential sources of pain. >>> >>> I’ve long used a VPN whenever I’m on open WiFi. >> >> Which VPN software do you use? >> >> Bill_______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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