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waterdance
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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 Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject: local internet safe or not |
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| im scared to do online banking here. im afraid of spyware or something that will take down your keystrokes. anyone can comment on this. anyone with any good or bad luck. |
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amy1982
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: Buenos Aires
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| Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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hm... i didn't even think about that. some places are safer than others, and you can usually tell the safer ones. a lot of them have good virus protection, spyware, popup blockers, etc. sometimes a little too good.
i have internet at home now, so that's where i do my online banking. but i did do it some in the cafes before and haven't had any suspicious activity on the account... |
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waterdance
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject: flash memory |
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| i tried copyying some stuff yesterday on a flash memory. when i got home and stuck it on my computer. i had a bunch of viruses. i better stick to the more credible places with antiviruses and such. |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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It's probably more a question of heavy traffic at an internet cafe than by country. Lotsa people using a system means many more chances of havng a keystroke logger on board.
If recent events are any measure, your credit info is more likely to be stolen by a clerk in NYC than by the internet anyway. |
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