Why, yes it does:
I recently told my boss I may need time off for hip replacement surgery. He {jokingly} told me he would slit his own throat.
Posted on 07/10/2009 8:59:47 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The newest trend in Internet fraud is "vacation hacking," a sinister sort of tourist trap.
Cybercriminals are targeting travelers by creating phony Wi-Fi hot spots in airports, in hotels, and even aboard airliners.
Vacationers on their way to fun in the sun, or already there, think they're using designated Wi-Fi access points. But instead, they're signing on to fraudulent networks and hand-delivering everything on their laptops to the crooks.
"More and more people are traveling with Wi-Fi devices like smartphones and laptops," says Marian Merritt, Internet safety advocate at the computer-security giant Symantec. "Airports and airlines and hotels are responding. They're setting up free Wi-Fi networks to lure in customers. Now they're luring in hackers as well."
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“More and more people are traveling with Wi-Fi devices like smartphones and laptops,” says
What a bunch of maroons.. You call that a vacation?
No Shoes No Shirt No Problems..................
Whooopsss...better appoint a Clueless Czar.
In 2005 the last part of our vacation was taken up trying to get through to airlines etc trying to rearrange flights because of Hurricane Rita (the one after Katrina). If I’d had web access it would have been a quick fix.
So now I have an Acer “netbook”, very small & convenient.
We already have one; he was elected in November.
Agreed. If you are “always connected” IMO you aren’t too bright.
Time away is necessary.
By definition, this means unplugged.
Don't need one, that post is currently occupied by the President.
You have to know when to turn it off.
I work for a small company, and wear many hats. Sometimes, I get a call or a email question that I can answer in seconds and save someone else hours of effort or investigation.
However, we all try to be respectful of each other's time. I'm not afraid to say "no, I don't have time until ....", for both personal reasons or other commitments at work.
When I have a day off, I typically check my work email twice a day (morning and evening). In some of the cases mentioned in the article, you aren't doing anything else anyway. Waiting at an airport is a perfect time to catch up.
However, you have to be aware of the environment. I always use secure connections (SSL, i.e. https://). The article warns against entering sensitive information on the web while using a WiFi access point, and that's just stupid: you shouldn't be entering sensitive information (including email passwords) anytime -- wired or unwired.
lol...he appointed himself?
I’ve seen people have that same attitude. Just check a few emails. But, it is a slippery slope. The company will inevitably demand more and more and people almost always comply. Stopping the ball from getting started is IMO the best way to go.
Nobody is invaluable. Take time off.....the world continues to spin.
At the very least, people should turn off their file and print sharing.
Whoops, I forgot an important clause: on an insecure connection.
Look at your browser. There's an icon in the status bar that indicates whether it's a secure connection or insecure connection. Be aware that anything you do on an insecure connection might as well be printed and posted on the wall next to you.
There is usually many network points between you and the other end of your connection (web server, mail server, etc). Physical access to those networks are not always carefully secured, and anyone with a network sniffer can capture and reassemble the packets being sent through that point.
Data sent through an SSL connection has to be decrypted. I'm not going to say that it's impossible to do so without the key, but it's going to be so much effort that unless someone knows that the data sent through your connection contains something extremely valuable (as in classified), it won't be worth trying to do so.
I agree. But, it's really a function of your company. Mine doesn't do that. And I've pushed back when an individual steps over the line.
To paraphrase what I said earlier: Know when to say no.
Why, yes it does:
I recently told my boss I may need time off for hip replacement surgery. He {jokingly} told me he would slit his own throat.
Luckily, I don’t take vacations.
Thanx for all the tips. I'm at home with a wired connection, and I went thru all the many icons in my status bar, and I don't find any that seem to indicate whether my connection is secure or insecure. What does the icon look like? And why wouldn't I have one at all? FYI, I'm running WinXP on wired broadband (cox), and using Chrome browser.
It's the status bar of your browser. I don't use Chrome, but if it's anything like Firefox, it's a little icon of a padlock at the bottom right of your browser window. Double-click it and it will pop up a window with information about the secured connection.
In Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0, the lock icon is displayed just to the right of the (URL) address at the top of the browser window.
In both cases, these icons will only appear if the connection is secure. If they aren't there, your connection is insecure.
Thanks for your response! I don’t have the icon, neither in Chrome, nor in IE8 when I pull up that pig and check it. So from what you say, I guess I have an insecure connection. I’ve never had any problems, but I know that’s no future guarantee.
What would I do to secure our home broadband connection? Our router has two wired desktops hooked to it, plus our home phone line is VOIP, plus the WiFi signal is used by our laptop on infrequent occasions, and by my G1 smartphone regularly.
Just be aware that everything you do is unsecure, unless the connection to the server is secured by SSL. For instance, when you login to your bank's website, it will be secured.
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