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TheButterZone

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Quote from: amspir on March 07, 2014, 08:34:29 PM

Quote from: TheButterZone on March 07, 2014, 08:29:08 PM

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.

toffoo

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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.

kellrobinson

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Check out the University of Tsukuba's vpn project.
http://www.vpngate.net/en/

gollum

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In Hashrate We Trust!

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.

CryptoKilla

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Best idea yet. Please let me know the date and location of this occurance. Kthx

amspir

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Quote from: TheButterZone on March 07, 2014, 08:29:08 PM

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.

DeathAndTaxes

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Gerald Davis

Quote from: jellyhashman on March 07, 2014, 08:07:05 PM

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.

odolvlobo

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VPN is unnecessary. SSL will keep you safe. Just make sure you are using https and you have a "locked" icon.

TheButterZone

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RIP Mommy

Make sure the public wifi has VPN passthrough. Some block it.

kellrobinson

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how about using vpn or tor?

Kluge

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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).

jellyhashman

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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.

SilverandBitcoins

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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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