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While travelling, using internet - safe??

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madelaide:
I never bothered about using internet places anywhere when I travel, until recently, when a friend said that cybercafes were a good place for spybots to thrive and therefore our confidential data would be at risk.  He said we should never check anything passworded. 

Ok, I don't check my bank account, but I don't check my email accounts and on occasions my stock sites. 

One of the email especially is the one used for Paypal and Moneybookers too.  Should I avoid using it? Any easy way to be protected?

Regards,
Adelaide

sharply_done:
You're safe as long as the site you are logging on to is encrypted.

Paypal is encrypted, but none of the microstock sites are. I'd be very surprised if your online banking site wasn't encrypted.

GeoPappas:
I would avoid using any computer that you do not have total confidence in.

It is highly possible that programs could be running on internet cafe computers that would capture your login and password for any site that you log onto.  They could then use that information for their own purposes.

HTTPS encryption only protects the transfer of data.  If the computer that you are logged into is hacked or unsafe, then it doesn't do squat for that.

ludesal:
last year in Buenos Aires i cheked my gmail in a cyber and they stole my username and password. there was nothing important there, so not big deal, but it could be... so i learned.

Lucía

leaf:
how did you find out they stole your username and password?

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