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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. Advice? by artifex2004 · · Score: 5, Informative

    1) Carry a laptop
    2) ssh into your home server, or use HTTPS for webmail.

    Using your own laptop means nobody is keylogging you, unless they get access to your machine, in which case you're screwed anyway. Sticking to SSH or HTTPS means you're not sending anything worthwhile unencrypted up the pipe.

    Also, you'd be amazed at the number of compromised terminals at universities and colleges, too. Better warn your kids before they go off to college not to do any financial transactions, etc., from them, no matter if school policy is to run antivirus and spybot killers. Those are no match for good old fashioned hardware keyloggers, assuming they even use the latest updated programs to check.