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--- communication:security [2017/10/27 00:39]
frater_secessus [your connection to the net]
+++ 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//:
   - you are transmitting sensitive data; //and//
   - 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

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