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Topic: Trading on Public Wifi (Read 976 times)

legendary
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RIP Mommy
March 08, 2014, 01:09:11 AM
#13
Make sure the public wifi has VPN passthrough. Some block it.

I think it's a shame that a public wifi operator would do this.  A VPN prevents the leaking of possibly sensitive data that could be observed by a hacker monitoring the same wifi network.

It may be that passthrough is blocked by firmware default. I doubt it's blocked by individual site operators.
sr. member
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March 08, 2014, 12:46:52 AM
#12
If you're not going to use a VPN, I would suggest installing something like DNSCrypt.  If your machine is secure enough to survive any local exploits, I believe the most likely way "they could get you" is with some type of MitM or DNS-spoofing attack, given their privileged network position.
sr. member
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March 07, 2014, 11:35:45 PM
#11
Check out the University of Tsukuba's vpn project.
http://www.vpngate.net/en/
sr. member
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In Hashrate We Trust!
March 07, 2014, 10:57:31 PM
#10
Use a trustworthy VPN service when you are not at home.

But don't use Tor, it's very easy for Tor end nodes to spy on the traffic, copy passwords or perform man-in-the-middle attacks.
member
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March 07, 2014, 09:45:33 PM
#9
Best idea yet. Please let me know the date and location of this occurance. Kthx
member
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March 07, 2014, 09:34:29 PM
#8
Make sure the public wifi has VPN passthrough. Some block it.

I think it's a shame that a public wifi operator would do this.  A VPN prevents the leaking of possibly sensitive data that could be observed by a hacker monitoring the same wifi network.
donator
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Gerald Davis
March 07, 2014, 09:30:18 PM
#7
Yeah I'd say so, I'd imagine would be easy to set up a man in the middle attack and have away with your passwords etc.

That is what SSL/TLS is for.
legendary
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March 07, 2014, 09:30:17 PM
#6
VPN is unnecessary. SSL will keep you safe. Just make sure you are using https and you have a "locked" icon.
legendary
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RIP Mommy
March 07, 2014, 09:29:08 PM
#5
Make sure the public wifi has VPN passthrough. Some block it.
sr. member
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March 07, 2014, 09:21:59 PM
#4
how about using vpn or tor?
donator
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Merit: 1015
March 07, 2014, 09:11:01 PM
#3
I haven't heard of any attacks resulting from this, but you probably don't want to be the first. You'd probably be better off trying to tether your laptop to a phone or something along those lines (or if you're using a phone for BTC, use its mobile data connection rather than WiFi).
full member
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March 07, 2014, 09:07:05 PM
#2
Yeah I'd say so, I'd imagine would be easy to set up a man in the middle attack and have away with your passwords etc.
full member
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March 07, 2014, 09:04:48 PM
#1
Is it a really bad idea to trade on sites like BTC-E or Cryptsy with my laptop when I'm using a free public Wifi network like at Starbucks or McDonalds?
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