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communication:security [2017/10/27 00:10] frater_secessus [your connection to the net] |
communication:security [2017/10/27 00:19] frater_secessus [Wireless security] |
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- | ====== Wireless security ====== | + | ====== Wireless security |
- | + | Because nomads, by definition, don't stay in one place their internet connection is usually wireless (ie, radio based). | |
- | Wifi and mobile data are both based on radios | + | |
- 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 | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
+ | It is a fallacy to think open wifi connections present any threat to connections to secured websites. \\ | ||
+ | It is a fallacy to think mobile data increases security on connections to secured websites. | ||
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+ | ==== VPN ==== | ||
+ | A vpn encrypts one or more of the first hops. After the VPN exit the traffic is just as it was: either secured or unsecured. | ||
+ | The real value of a VPN is to hide one's IP from the world or hide traffic from an employer, ISP, or someone else in the first few hops. It does not increase security for people already using secured websites. | ||
==== what about Three Letter Agencies ==== | ==== what about Three Letter Agencies ==== |