We are dreaming of becoming snowbirds, hopefully next year. My question is how and where do you do internet banking such as transferring money and checking accounts. This past summer we went on an extended road trip and had things set up before and when we stayed with a family member we could use their protected internet to check accounts etc.Any campgrounds we stayed at all had public access internet but I didn't want to be doing personal banking on it.thanks

RICK-ards Red wrote:We are dreaming of becoming snowbirds, hopefully next year. My question is how and where do you do internet banking such as transferring money and checking accounts. This past summer we went on an extended road trip and had things set up before and when we stayed with a family member we could use their protected internet to check accounts etc.Any campgrounds we stayed at all had public access internet but I didn't want to be doing personal banking on it.thanksI will not use public WiFi for any important secure activity. We do, however, use Verizon cellular service on occasion. While I'm sure it can be done, i've never heard of anyone hacking a cellular connection ( other than the government ) so we are not too concerned about using it.While traveling or long term stays in the RV we primarily use iPads for most internet work, but we do have a laptop which I can use through my iPad's Verizon hotspot.

I use anything available for bill paying. Never had a problem. If nothing is available, my cell phone becomes a hotspot.

Internet? Use your smart phones hotspot, or buy a mifi box from ATT or Verizon.

We travel with the( Verizon jet pack) have good connect ability and feel very secure with all transactions from our computer. JMHO

outdoorlovers wrote:I use anything available for bill paying. Never had a problem. If nothing is available, my cell phone becomes a hotspot.Yeah, if some hacker wants to hack into my bills and pay them, who am I to say no?Most banks are on a secure connection. Just make sure you are as well. That means some kind of MiFi and not the free park WiFi. If you're using a wireless router, be sure to change the factory default admin user name and password.We went six months last winter with nothing more than a tablet acting as a hotspot and a Verizon wireless data plan/

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Dec 18, 2016
John&Joey wrote:
On the topic of security patches, Windows come with automatic updates turned on as standard. If you attempt to turn it off you will get a lot of "don't do it stupid" type of lingo.

Would love to see a document on how one of these "hackers" could install a Trojan horse on a standard strangers laptop by being logged into the same network.

If that was truly the case just think of the thousands of hotels out there with Wi-Fi for their business clients and the liability they would incur.

This link lists a large number of vulnerabilities that are out there. Any that allow remote execution of arbitrary code can be exploited to install keyloggers or Trojans onto an unpatched machine.

The network provider is not liable for any losses incurred by users on that network that are hacked by other users on that same network. That would be like blaming the phone company for prank calls. It is your responsibility to protect yourself from the viruses on the Internet, not your Internet Provider.

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