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Does using a VPN on a public wi-fi offer the same amount of security as tunneling in from my home wi-fi network? i.e. a VPN is a VPN, doesn't matter where you log in from?
Does using a VPN on a public wi-fi offer the same amount of security as tunneling in from my home wi-fi network? i.e. a VPN is a VPN, doesn't matter where you log in from?
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After reading the article, some pretty good tips. Nothing ground breaking that an \"advanced\" computer user wouldn't know.
I just wished they would've gone more into setting up your own free VPN vs. having to pay and talked about hotels and the like that could be injecting their own browser frames into sites to track your surfing.
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Mac version sometime in the future, please.
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I was driving down the road with my dad the other day, and he says (out of nowhere), \"Free Whiffy!?\" Apparently, he was reading a sign in a coffee house window.
one tip per page? Seriously?
Disable ad hoc mode
Turn off file sharing
Turn off network discovery
Encrypt your e-mail
Carry an encrypted USB flash drive
VPN
Disable your wireless adapter (!?)
Watch out for shoulder surfers
Beware phony hot spots
Turn on your firewall
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What are \"phony hot spots\"?
And anybody know of a tips piece for Mac users?
ALso: Make sure you have file sharing turned off.
NEVER connect to a P2P (rather than access point) network. \"Free Public WiFi\" as a P2P (computer to computer) is reportedly always malicious, I haven't investigated further but I've seen this a few times.