THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT USING PUBLIC WI-FI
Added on: 14th Mar 2015
MOST OF THE INTERNET IS FAR FROM SECURE.
AS WE'VE SEEN WITH RECENT NSA SCANDALS,
EVEN THE MOST ENCRYPTED MESSAGES CAN BE
READ BY THE RIGHT PEOPLE
BY USING A FREE DOWNLOADABLE APP ON THEIR MOBILE
PHONE, A HACKER ON THE SAME WI-FI NETWORK AS YOU
COULD LOGIN INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
THIS WOULD INCLUDE FACEBOOK AND YOUR EMAIL
ALTHOUGH SSL (HTTPS) OFFERS ENCRYPTION,
IT ISN'T GUARANTEED TO BE SECURE
ANYBODY COULD INTERCEPT THE COMMUNICATIONS
BETWEEN YOU AND THE SERVER AND PERFORM A
"MAN IN THE MIDDLE" ATTACK BY IMPERSONATING YOU
THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO EMPTY YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE CONNECTED VIA SSL
(AND IT HAS THE LITTLE LOCK IN THE CORNER)
EVERYONE ON THE SAME PUBLIC WI-FI NETWORK CAN
SEE YOUR PASSWORDS UNLESS THE CONNECTION IS
SSL (HTTPS)
EVEN WITH AN SSL CONNECTION, MANY TIMES ONLY THE
LOGIN PAGE IS SECURE AND THE REST OF THE SITE ISN'T.
THIS MEANS A HACKER CAN STEAL YOUR SESSION
COOKIES AND DRAIN YOUR ACCOUNT ANYWAY
SETTING UP A WI-FI NETWORK AND CALLING IT
"FREE PUBLIC WI-FI" IS TRIVIAL. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU
ARE CONNECTING TO. ROGUE ACCESS POINTS
ARE A REAL PROBLEM
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