On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 18:03 -0400, Rick Kunath wrote:
> Comments inline...
Thanks, Rick - all very good comments and important for every internet
user to remember.
> ....no such thing as "secure"....
> Not exactly true but close.
The one exception is messages encrypted with a very long, truly random
key. I can't afford that, and my recipients won't do it.
> ....Any router can be snooped by the ISP....
Not only by the ISP, but by anyone with the requisite skills (think
Russia).
> ....Routers do not store any packet data....
True, and of course that was not what I meant. The providers do archive
the traffic,
> > ....public property,....
> ....Google got sued over that and lost....
That was a copyright issue. Hackers rarely concern themselves with
copyright.
> ....the average user is clueless....
Of course true. But the average user isn't the threat, it is the
skilled user.
> ....So just VPN through the WiFi hotspot and
> eliminate the risk....
That would work if the other end of the transmission used VPN. But in
reality, how often does that happen.
> ....But secured
> connections are still safe enough....
Safe enough for most purposes, but only because we have nothing of
interest to the hackers except credit card and bank account numbers -
which are hacked and sold regularly (think Russia again).
> ....still safer than reading your credit
> card number to to someone in Pakistan when making a telephone call
> purchase....
Of course. But we do it all the time.
> ....there
> are plenty of ways to mitigate this....
All effective in some situations. But most of the time most users find
these cumbersome, so use the less safe methods.
> >....nevertheless it might be wise to avoid using Windows....
> But people won't do it....
Sad but true.
Very nice exchange. I appreciate your interest, but Hunter probably
would be on our backs again about being off topic if I posted this to
the list.
Peace,
- Lew #4239
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