We Are The Most Reliable Online Pharmacy Store » Buy Protonix Without Prescription http://wifisavvy.com/2006/04/04/can-i-use-the-wifi-from-a-neighboring-rvs-satellite-dish/ Computer Tips for Travelers Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 We Are The Most Reliable Online Pharmacy Store » Buy Protonix Without Prescription http://wifisavvy.com/2006/04/04/can-i-use-the-wifi-from-a-neighboring-rvs-satellite-dish/comment-page-1/#comment-12 chris Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:30:15 +0000 http://wifisavvy.setupmyblog.com/2006/04/04/can-i-use-the-wifi-from-a-neighboring-rvs-satellite-dish/#comment-12 Hi Al, Great question! I may use it for a future post. Meanwhile, the short answer is: Yes, it's *possible* for someone close by to snatch your data out of the air. It is highly unlikey But it is possible. First of all, the nasty person would need to be connected to the same network as you (that means eery close by) second, they need significant equipment and know-how to do the snatching, and third they need to specifically want *your* data. So, if you see someone in a black trenchcoat and sunglasses following you around the RV parkthen you may want to stop sending your emails! You should never send private information in an email anyway! It's like writing on a post card. The only other information you are transmitting thru the airwaves are the addresses of websites you visit and any data you enter on an unsecured website. Entering data on your bank's secured website is safe - the bank takes care of the encryption. That means that, even if the nasty person snatches that data out of the air, it will just be jibberish - he would also need to be able to break the encryption to read it. Security on your computer is your responsibility - make sure File and Printer sharing is turned off and no one (even the nasty guy in the trenchcoat) can get into your computer. See <a href="http://www.jimandchris.com/weblog/2004/12/wi-fi-tip-turn-off-file-and-printer.html" rel="nofollow">File and Printer Sharing</a> for an older article I wrote on that. Make sure you have a firewall turned on. Make sure your anti-virus and anti-spyware protection is running and up-to-date. More in a future. Hi Al,
Great question! I may use it for a future post. Meanwhile, the short answer is:
Yes, it’s *possible* for someone close by to snatch your data out of the air. It is highly unlikey But it is possible. First of all, the nasty person would need to be connected to the same network as you (that means eery close by) second, they need significant equipment and know-how to do the snatching, and third they need to specifically want *your* data. So, if you see someone in a black trenchcoat and sunglasses following you around the RV parkthen you may want to stop sending your emails! You should never send private information in an email anyway! It’s like writing on a post card.

The only other information you are transmitting thru the airwaves are the addresses of websites you visit and any data you enter on an unsecured website. Entering data on your bank’s secured website is safe – the bank takes care of the encryption. That means that, even if the nasty person snatches that data out of the air, it will just be jibberish – he would also need to be able to break the encryption to read it.

Security on your computer is your responsibility – make sure File and Printer sharing is turned off and no one (even the nasty guy in the trenchcoat) can get into your computer. See File and Printer Sharing for an older article I wrote on that. Make sure you have a firewall turned on. Make sure your anti-virus and anti-spyware protection is running and up-to-date.

More in a future.

]]> We Are The Most Reliable Online Pharmacy Store » Buy Protonix Without Prescription http://wifisavvy.com/2006/04/04/can-i-use-the-wifi-from-a-neighboring-rvs-satellite-dish/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Al Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:54:08 +0000 http://wifisavvy.setupmyblog.com/2006/04/04/can-i-use-the-wifi-from-a-neighboring-rvs-satellite-dish/#comment-11 Hi; I have been following your blogs for a while and find them informative. However, I am still fuzzy on a lot of the workings of Wi-Fi. My current concern is privacy of the information while using a private or public connection. If I connect to a local library or a friendly rv neighbors freely provided hot spot and ssid with my own laptop and send data to the internet, can the library or other provider intercept or read the data? Can someone close by with a different wi-fi enabled laptop intercept the data? This is assuming there is no WEP encryption being used. If the answer is yes, the data can be read, how do I prevent that? Your blank 'leave a reply box' goes on past the edge of my page to the right. Thanks, Al Hi;
I have been following your blogs for a while and find them
informative. However, I am still fuzzy on a lot of the workings
of Wi-Fi. My current concern is privacy of the information while using
a private or public connection. If I connect to a local library or
a friendly rv neighbors freely
provided hot spot and ssid with my own laptop and send data to the internet,
can the library or other provider intercept or read the data? Can someone close by
with a different wi-fi enabled laptop intercept the data? This is assuming there is no
WEP encryption being used. If the answer is yes, the data can be read, how do I prevent that?

Your blank ‘leave a reply box’ goes on past the edge of my page to the right.

Thanks,
Al

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