Hotspot Security and Hackers

Michael · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject: Hotspot Security and Hackers

An interesting article on CNN today, that talks about security at public hotspots. People using EVDO do not have this problem, but I imagine that many people up here use both.

w1ley · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 06 May 2005 Posts: 21

must have been a slow news night.

of course there is a way to stop it.
dont share your folders.
dont go to his bogus web site that he mentions.
use a vpn product to tunnel to a known secure network.
etc etc

basically just practice safe computing.

I DO use hotspots and I ALLWAYS VPN to my own server, in fact, even when I am on EVDO.

Michael · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:16 am Post subject:

I think one of the things of interest (and easy to do), would be the hacker sitting @ the hotspt, looking like everyone else, but their laptop is configured as an ad-hoc WiFi base station and it is named something similar to the location you are at (e.g. JoesCoffeeShop), you connect thinking it is OK and you are connecting via this guy's laptop. Of course, there are things you can do to make things more secure, I am guessing that most don't.

Of course, this is not possible on an EVDO connection, the stream is encrypted and you are much safer.
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