On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Noon Silk <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Dylan Tusler > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Got a colleague who is travelling to UK, Greece and Turkey, and she wants to >> be able to do some internet stuff (banking, email etc) via mobile handset >> while on the move. >> >> Better to look for a data plan? Or rely on WiFi? How would you do it? > > I did this, and actually I created an entirely new email account > purely for the trip, I must admit I did some banking through the > internet cafes, but I did not have a laptop; ideally you would avoid > internet banking altogether, perhaps, and do it via some other > strategy. >
Yep same here. What I normally do is create a new email account and have all mail forwarded to that while I am away. > >> Also, we have a co-worker that recently had her identity snatched via open >> WiFi in a cafe. Ended up losing her email account, and >> having her bank account compromised, partly because of lax password >> practices. How can you harden up against these kinds of things? > > Don't use open WiFi for anything you care about. > Not sure what sort of stuff they can do with your bank account if you sign up for sms security... maybe look at your transactions and get your account numbers at most. > >> Cheers, >> >> Dylan Tusler >> Acting Data, Development & Integration Manager >> ICTS Branch >> Sunshine Coast Council >> ph: +61 (0)7 5420 8002 > > -- > Noon Silk > > http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ (Noon Silk) | http://www.mirios.com.au:8081 > > > Fancy a quantum lunch? > http://www.mirios.com.au:8081/index.php?title=Quantum_Lunch > > "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy > of being this signature." >
