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Protecting Your Personal Info While Traveling?

Posted by Cliff on from the careful-where-you-browse dept.

AdEbh asks: "I was just listening an interesting article on a local radio station regarding computer security. In it a member from the AFP cybercrime unit mentioned that they are starting to see keylogger software installed on public access terminals, such as internet cafes. With friends & family overseas at the moment or soon to be what advice should I give them? Is this a real concern?"

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  1. Keylogger by casualgeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bring your own keyboard!

    1. Re:Keylogger by jimbolauski · · Score: 3, Funny

      The easiest trick is to pour water in the back of the machine just below the power switch. This is where the key loggers are inserted. The water will short it out. Most key loggers do not have a plastic cover, but just incase, insert a small screwdriver and try to puncture the plastic cover to pour in the water.

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  2. First do your homework... by feloneous+cat · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Get professional sweep gear.
    2. Cordon off the area and do a thorough sweep of the Internet Cafe in question.
    3. Make sure that and patrons and workers empty their nastly little pocketses.
    4. Disassemble any electronic hardware that is shielded to make sure the keylogger isn't hidden in its nasty bowels.
    5. Once the all clear is given, log in to AOL, download porn.

    I'm just saying...

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  3. Advise by pete-classic · · Score: 2, Funny
    what advise should I give them?


    I would advise them that spell checkers don't know nouns from verbs.

    -Peter
  4. Morse Code by spoonyfork · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought Cryptonomicon was required reading here. I guess times have changed. Use Morse Code.

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  5. Stop worrying! :) by caluml · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know what I say? Stop worrying about things. Live life. Life is dangerous. You might be killed tomorrow. Disease, car crash, something like that. And there are lots of people in the world. What are the chances it will happen to you. Set your root password to password. Run an open SMTP server. Do whatever you want. It's better to regret the things you have done than the things you haven't.

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  6. I didn't have a problem by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 4, Funny

    I posted to slashdot from an Internet Cafe, and nobody stole my password.

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    1. Re:I didn't have a problem by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Shows how much he knows. I've been using Cro Magnon's ID since he did that.

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  7. Re:A tip by tekiegreg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here I'll help you out if you or anyone is trying. Karma be dammed here :-)

    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX YZ0123456789!@#$%^&*()-_+=;:'",/?~`\|

    Hope I didn't miss anything!

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