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Quote:
Originally Posted by Necrosis
It didn't seem to be very riskiy to log on to various financial sites via wireless connection at an internet cafe. After all, the little lock indicating a secure transmission was in the corner of my browser.
Then I read about a guy who was using Ettercap or Airpwn. He wasn't being mailcious, but he was picking up e-mail addresses and passwords like mad.
Do the gurus here agree that you are at great risk by logging onto, for example, your bank, even with your own laptop, at a wireless internet cafe?
(Sorry for the borderline threadjack.)
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where is that fark obvious tag?????
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