When credit card security is at stake Limit Public Wi-Fi Use
You’ve heard it a dozen times, but few people take this warning to heart. Public wi-fi is not secure. Hackers can scan for data on your hard drive while you wait. Those trips and stalls in your connection? Those may be in response to hacking attempts on your hard drive. Never assume a trusted connection from a previous session is equally stable, secure or not suspect to credit card hacking attempts.
The solution is to plan work like writing or researching, reading or watching downloaded video in such places. Take note of individuals checking out your screen. Never conduct credit card transactions in public wi-fi environments.
Work and email in phases, dropping offline and disabling your wi-fi connection to close off your computer from pipeline surfers. That confused look on the face of the kid in the back juggling three devices may be an answer.
The use of public computers, especially repetitive use at a well known locations ritually, allows someone to really work on your device security. Maybe they can’t get through today. They’ll try again tomorrow or at the weekend, where you are known to be present. Frequent wi-fi users should actively practice self scanning techniques and data masking operations. Software now exists that disguises the very files clickjackers are looking for.
