Agreed with David. but there is simple solution..
to be safe ... we need to play safe.. please bring your own WIRELESS BROADBAND. + Netbook or Lappy .. and after all the only thing we need is powersource.. ahaakkks On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:22 AM, David Fetter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:20:42AM +0800, James Tan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed that there are a lot of people going to cyber cafes for > > various reasons. Just want to know if you also use any during course > > of leisure/travel. > > Sure, and if they're not allowing me to get wifi access, or at worst, > an ethernet plug for my laptop, I move on to the next one. If you > type your passphrase on someone else's keyboard, you must assume that > it was recorded, as the keyboard itself is perfectly capable of > accomplishing this task long before the OS gets a chance to interfere. > > > How do you protect against the shop(s) from using 'dark' techniques > > to steal personal information from us e.g. accounts credentials, CC > > etc? > > Don't trust them at all. Nothing leaving your laptop/netbook/smart > phone should do so unless it's either public information or encrypted > on the device itself, and even then, understand that "high strength" > crypto today is laughably weak 5 years hence. > > If there's anything you consider sensitive over that stretch of time, > consider not sending it over a computer at all. Should you find > yourself in a situation where you think something you might send is > that sensitive, also consider whether you need help for your mental > health, as paranoia and/or delusions of grandeur are quite serious > threats to your well-being, usually much more serious than mere credit > card snooping could ever be. > > Cheers, > David. > -- > David Fetter <[email protected]> http://fetter.org/ > Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter > Skype: davidfetter XMPP: [email protected] > iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics > > Remember to vote! > Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > _______________________________________________ > Owasp-Malaysia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia > > OWASP Malaysia Wiki > http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia > > OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >
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