Is it safe to access your bank accts on a public WiFi?
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This should be okay as long as your bank website is secure. The way to identify this will be to see if your web browser address shows https:// instead of the standard http://\n\nThere may be an option to sign in securely, like you see at the Yahoo Webpages. If this is available, I would encourage you to use it. \n\nBut if you must access your bank account over a public WiFi, change your password as soon as you get into a secure network to be extra cautious.
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If you are accessing a website and the connection is not secure (you can tell as the address will usually start with https:// and a small padlock icon will be displayed in the status bar of your browser) any information that you send or receive from that website can be intercepted by another party. Since the information is not encrypted (as it is with a secure connection) the other party will easily be able to read any of your data, such as credit card details or your address. Therefore it is not recommended that you undertake any sensitive tasks through a connection that is not secure, especially financial transactions.
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okay, people are morons. if the network is open, use it. you won't get a virus. it's the same as plugging into a modem. if people don't want you to use their network, they can password protect it. if you crack the network, then you are doing something illegal... just sit in front of starbucks...
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Wherever it's coming from, it is not a secure network, since you are able to connect to it, so be careful with your personal information, as it is not encrypted.
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Use a card with a very low limit so you won't loose a lot if you get hacked.
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Safe? Yes. Is it ethical? Probably not but I think the rule of thumb is jump on and do what you have to do quickly and get off. You are in essence borrowing (stealing) thier bandwidth and it is more polite that if you HAVE to use it just be brief so it does not interfere with what they want to do with the bandwidth they paid for. Not that I am on the moral high road. I do it from time to time but I just get on check e-mail an get off. i don't surf for too long.
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yes you can contact your bank to be sure you have online access available some banks charge a fee and believe it or not a few don't have online yet but so long as you have internet access and a bank with online banking you should be squared away ;)
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You just were using a wirless network in your area.. which is illegal.. its owners just made a password for its access.. which you haven't
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internet access....that way you dont have to deal with bank staff......
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WEP is worthless. It has been broken. WPA is OK and should protect your info. WPA2 is unbreakable and is the best. Long passwords are not always the answer. A shorter password with a good mixture of Letters, Numbers and symbols (like underscores) can be a strong password. I.e.  The Beachboys= _47_2e_ch0o_s this is a very strong password. There is little indication as to what  the password is. It will be difficult for a computer to break. Notice I said difficult not impossible. Nothing is impossible. Impossible just takes longer.\n\nAlso remember that many sites limit your password to less than 20 characters.\n\nThis is a copy and paste of a Kim Komando Newsletter about Wi-Fi encryption.\n\nQ. Mom is 89 and moving to an apartment in senior housing. She can't live without her computer. The home encourages wireless Internet, although she can get cable Internet. Her banking and investments are done online. How safe is wireless in such close quarters? And is wireless as fast as cable, considering possibly 100 of her neighbors may be connected to the same system?\n\nA. Your mom is 89 and she's doing her banking and investing online? That is wonderful!\n\nYou raise some interesting questions. They apply not only to senior housing, but also apartment complexes, dormitories, co-ops and any place where large numbers of people live in close proximity.\n\nFirst of all, banks and brokerages use their own encryption. It works with the Internet browser your mother uses. So, assuming she keeps her software updated, no one is going to intercept and read those transmissions. Today's computers are not capable of breaking that encryption.\n\nHowever, other things, such as e-mail and Web browsing, are not encrypted automatically. Your mom probably doesn't want people snooping into her personal business. So she has to depend on encryption in the wireless (Wi-Fi) system, if she uses that. \n\nTo explain this, I've got to hit you with some acronyms. There are three encryption standards for wireless—WEP, WPA and WPA2.\n\nWEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. It's worthless. WEP is easily intercepted and broken. Really, it is worse than worthless. People who use it may be misled into believing they are protected. They are not. \n\nWPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access. This protocol was developed because the Wi-Fi Alliance realized that WEP offered no protection. WPA was an interim standard, used until the Wi-Fi Alliance formalized a protocol to replace WEP. There is some debate about whether it can be broken. I think it is adequate, but I prefer WPA2.\n\nWPA2 is the second generation of WPA. It is currently unbreakable. It also is state-of-the-art in wireless encryption. This is my preference for encryption.\n\nWithout encryption, or if WEP is used, most of your mother's transmissions could be read. Who would do that? I'd say if you put 100 people on a system, and they have time of their hands, a few will start messing around. \n\nThe wireless signal also may stray outside the complex. Heaven knows who might intercept it. They also could read her transmissions.\n\nWPA and WPA2 will protect your mother's transmissions both inside and outside. So, you need to ask the system administrator at the housing center about encryption. If it is WEP, or if there is no encryption, she should not use the Wi-Fi system. WPA is OK; WPA2 is better.\n\nYou should also ask the system administrator about speed. The wireless system is probably hooked up to the Internet through a cable or telephone company. Speed is going to depend on the capacity of the lines. I can't address that from here. \n\nEven if your mother has her own cable connection, it could still be slow. Sharing bogs things down. If the wireless setup is using the same cable system, it may be much slower than what she has now. \n\nAll of these questions must be discussed with the system administrator. If the "system administrator" is a complex employee wh
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Yes. you can.\nWireless connection secure is made to avoid other non authorized people reach your internet connection but it doesn't mean you can't do whay you want.  You will be able to do all you were used.\n\nok.. hope that helps you dude!   good luck in that fascinating world of wireless connection.
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you should be able to, we'll say its your friends, if they don't have a password set on it it shouldn't be a problem...but if they do thats when you have to get sneaky ;)\notherwise yes is the answer to your question
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try your bank its safer there.
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you have to have the password to access the account
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Nortornis to secure ur computer. But if u have wireless modem other wireless user will certainly be able to see ur network. So you will have set up for the wireless modem. Better call ur ISP tech support n ask them to enable security on the modem. U can email me at..nithujns@yahoo.co.in
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hmm...\n\nYou can check out this site to verify your public IP address:  mysourceip.com
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You will have to log into your Access Point to view active client connections.   I suggest you use WPA security, so you do not have to worry about someone hijacking your connection.  I could help you further if you provide me a make and model of your access point\n\nScottsdale, Arizona Computer Repair & USA Phone support\nhttp://www.AFFIRMATIVE-COMPUTER-TECHNICIAN.NET\nAffirmative Computer Services \n*Quality* Computer Repair Services