Comments on: Wifi Hotspot Evil Twins Mimic Wi-fi Hotspots and Steal Your Data

By: MediaMan

MediaMan — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:33:20 +0000

CallingID is a brouser plugin that will warn you if you are on a risky or bogous website. I have been using it for several months, it is free and easy to use. http://www.callingid.com/Default.aspx

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:23:13 +0000

Here is a link to a service called Hotspot VPV. It encrypts all traffic between you and the web as it traverses public hotspots.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:19:01 +0000

Here is a link to a service called Hotspot VPN. It gives you a secure tunnel to the internet. It keeps any traffic between you any the web encrypted as it passes through a Hotspot. Our security guru says this is a must have for business travellers.

By: SecretMan

SecretMan — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:01:07 +0000

So, how DOES one avoid Evil Twin hotspots or find out if on one? What IS the setting mentioned in “First and foremost”. The article doesn’t answer that, and would be an EXTREMELY helpful fix.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:46:21 +0000

In the United States, credit card losses are limited to $50, and most credit card companies don’t even make you pay that.

If is much safer to use a credit card than a debit card in the US.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:09:04 +0000

The idea behind a debit card is to limit your losses. DON’T use one tied to your bank account!

If you pre-load it with $100, and someone gets it, they can only get that $100. If for some reason you put $1000 on the card, and they try to charge $2000 against it, it should be declined.

That said, I agree that using a throw-away number tied (briefly) to a credit card is probably safer in the long run.

By: localhost

localhost — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:40:08 +0000

Why say use a debit card? I am not sure what my banks issues are on fraudulant purchases, but with a debt card wouldnt you lose your money faster, or have more issues. Say if you only had $1000 and they used $2000, you would get charged for then, then have to say it was fradulant, whereas with a credit card, they can usually hold that ammount that was “stolen” until a resolution is resolved on the issue. I know this about the credit cards only because despite my frantic abilities of checking, thinking i was secure, and only using my credit card in a few locations, and ALWAYS made sure it was a secured and legit page, my CC# was still stolen.
I would say use one of those cards where you can generate a “throw away” number, or if you are that worried about your data outside of a perticular location, use SSH tunneling to that location, so all data out of this wifi evil twin can still be used to full advantages and the evil twin may never be able to get your data.