On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:58:13 -0700 Bob wrote:
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>When I am connected to a public wireless access point I do not stay connected
>for hours, just enough time to get my email and occassionally to look at a URL.
>I am very selective on links I follow and my email client is set to only
>display plain text, this eliminates many problems. So having a connection
>through a public wireless access point (which uses NAT) and using safe surfing
>practices avoids problems.
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>Just my experience and opinion.
Bob:
That is interesting, I had not thought that deeply about it before. I use PMMail so email is not a
problem, although I sometimes will use my ISP's provided web mail, again I don't see a problem
there either.
I suppose I can block the MS sharing & messaging ports and go from there. I can also check GRC.com
next time I'm on the road to see how 'invisible' I am.
What do you think about connecting via https: to financial sites since all data is encrypted?
Thanks for all the good info and food for thought.
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