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Does anyone use web mail over free WiFi?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:43 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I just found this article and thought to myself "this could have serious security issues for those that don't know."
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33207/108/
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:15 pm
by Benjamin
It's a good thing for people to be educated about. I feel that the burden should be on the developer of the site to protect against such things though.
We already know that sending unencrypted data over the wire is a security issue, we should also realize that sending unencrypted data over wifi is a lot worse because anyone can listen in.
That said, I would recommend SSL for logins to anything that has the potential to contain personal data, especially email.