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communication:security [2017/10/27 00:37]
frater_secessus [using websites] 		communication:security [2018/01/04 09:13]
frater_secessus [Wireless security for nomads]
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-====== Wireless security for nomads ======+====== Internet security for nomads ======
 Because nomads don't stay in one place their internet connection is usually wireless (ie, radio based).  Wifi and mobile data both use radios to transmit data back and forth.  This can present a security issue //if//: Because nomads don't stay in one place their internet connection is usually wireless (ie, radio based).  Wifi and mobile data both use radios to transmit data back and forth.  This can present a security issue //if//:
   - you are transmitting sensitive data; //and//   - you are transmitting sensitive data; //and//
   - the data is unencrypted at any point along the route   - the data is unencrypted at any point along the route
  
-**Short version:**  if you are using a secured website (banking, finance, medical, email, etc) it doesn't matter how you get there.  The transmitted data is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security|encrypted end-to-end]]:+**Short version:**  if you are using a secured website it doesn't matter how you get there.  The transmitted data is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security|encrypted end-to-end]]:
  
 > You could have an airplane write the transmitted data in the sky and it would still be safe.  You could tattoo it on your face and it would be safe.  You could paint it on the side of the empire state building and it would be safe. -- secessus > You could have an airplane write the transmitted data in the sky and it would still be safe.  You could tattoo it on your face and it would be safe.  You could paint it on the side of the empire state building and it would be safe. -- secessus
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 If the website is secured it doesn't matter if the wifi is open or the mobile data has been compromised (stingrayed) by law enforcement or others.  If the website is secured it doesn't matter if the wifi is open or the mobile data has been compromised (stingrayed) by law enforcement or others. 
  
-If the website is not secured then password **protected wifi or mobile data may protect you from casual onlookers at that first hop**.((ie, at that McDonalds or between your phone and the tower.  Rogue wifi admins or rogue LEOs would still be able to see that traffic))  The rest of the journey is not affected by what happens in the first hop and you shouldn't be transmitting sensitive data to unsecured websites anyhow.+If the website is not secured then password **protected wifi or mobile data may protect you from casual onlookers at that first hop**((ie, at that McDonalds or between your phone and the tower.  Rogue wifi admins or rogue LEOs would still be able to see that traffic)) but that is all. The rest of the journey is not affected by what happens in the first hop and you shouldn't be transmitting sensitive data to unsecured websites anyhow.
  
 It is a fallacy to think open wifi connections present any threat to connections to secured websites. \\ It is a fallacy to think open wifi connections present any threat to connections to secured websites. \\
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