THE RISKS OF USING PUBLIC WI-FI
Added on: 3rd May 2015
DEPENDING ON HOW SECURITY CONSCIOUS YOU
ARE, IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY CONNECT TO A
FRAUDULENT NETWORK THE HACKER MAY BE ABLE
TO ACCESS FILES ON YOUR COMPUTER
THEY CAN EVEN LISTEN IN ON YOUR SKYPE CALLS
1 TERABYTE OF DATA IS STOLEN EVERYDAY,
THAT'S THE SAME AS 1 BILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE
THEIR LOGIN CREDENTIAL STOLEN
370 MILLION ACCOUNTS ARE LEAKED
GLOBALLY EVERY YEAR
MOST PASSWORDS CAN BE EASILY HACKED
WITH A SIMPLE DICTIONARY ATTACK
EMAIL IS SORT OF LIKE A SKELETON KEY TO THE REST
OF YOUR ACCOUNTS (THIS IS USUALLY WHERE YOU
RESET YOUR PASSWORDS)
AS WE SAID BEFORE, READING YOUR EMAIL OVER
PUBLIC WI-FI IS TRIVIAL FOR A HACKER
AND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE USING SSL DOESN'T MEAN
YOUR EMAIL ITSELF IS ENCRYPTED. A MAN IN THE
MIDDLE COULD STILL READ IT
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