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If I use a free wireless internet, can others get my personal information if they use the same internet?
June 30th, 2009
My husband gets free wireless internet at Subway, but he is afraid of logging onto certain websites with his personal information (such as banking). Is it possible for someone to use the same wireless internet that he uses, and get access to his information?
The chance of this happening in an instance like this is higher than say, if you are on a secured network. If you have a firewall and don’t take chances with downloading and such, you should be better off.
Cheers,
Ron
Windows Outreach Team
June 30th, 2009
Yes it is, you want a secured connection but you won’t be able to get that from Subway.
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June 30th, 2009
I dont think so!!!
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June 30th, 2009
All you need is a password, you’re own password
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June 30th, 2009
its possible anywhere anytime if you are connected even at home, there is a chance of ID theft
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June 30th, 2009
no
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June 30th, 2009
Yes, if they are smart enough to know how to get it. Like me, I would have no idea how to get it but there are some people out there that are great with internet.
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June 30th, 2009
make sure the laptop is installed with virus proyector and for internet download firefox cause they are alot protective and also put up the firewall just to be safe happy surfing
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June 30th, 2009
No - it is not possible to "eavesdrop" on a WIFI connection AFAIK
Banking websites (and Ebay or Paypal) use secure servers - just look for the padlock symbol or "https" at the start of the web address
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June 30th, 2009
no. the wireless connection at subway is only to connect to the internet, it wont give away any personal data.
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July 1st, 2009
The chance of this happening in an instance like this is higher than say, if you are on a secured network. If you have a firewall and don’t take chances with downloading and such, you should be better off.
Cheers,
Ron
Windows Outreach Team
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July 1st, 2009
technically yes
but the chances of this happening are slim but your husbands very clever to stay away from his banking website because although rare it does happen and you could be the unlucky person for banking try using a reputable internet cafe for 5 min it should only cost 20p and this is much safer than chancing your luck with an open network.
dont know if you have seen it but this scam was shown on the real hustle on bbc 3
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July 1st, 2009
depends , if you have your personal info stored on your computer then yes but if you are on a banking site (official banking site) you will have no problem unless you have bad cookies wich are rare.
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