WiFi Security Questions
1. If I connect to an unsecured public WiFi, and someone is capturing packets, will he be able to capture and read all my unecrypted data?
2. If it's secured by WPA, does that prevent him from capturing data?
3. Is cellphone data secure?
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2. If it's secured by WPA, does that prevent him from capturing data?
3. Is cellphone data secure?
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If you Google PCWorld's 5 Wi-Fi Security Myths you need to abandon now will help you understand this. For the encryption (WPA/WPA-2), you need a PSK (Pre-Shared) key to get on your WPA or WPA-2.. Do stay away from WEP as it is pretty easily cracked.
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What about networks that have no security, but you need to login through a webpage before it lets you browse? Can someone else still see what I'm sending / receiving?
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3. Cell phone data in general is secure but of course it can be captured for example by NSA :)