Internet or not?

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Almost every payment transaction on the internet is secure. Fear of someone stealing your identity because you are hooked up to a wifi network is paranoia and not rational. Security on the internet has almost nothing to do with your wifi provider. Just look at your browser toolbar before conducting business. If it shows HTTPS, it is a secure website and all information transmitted is encrypted and secure (unless the NSA has taken a big interest in you). Your only concern is to be certain you are actually connected to the business or bank's real website. I.E. it is bankofamerica.com, not bankofmerika.ru The only fear you should have with public wifi is if you actually log into a spoofing, parallel wifi system. This is where someone has set up a wifi network, give it a SSID name similar to the wifi network the hotel, rv park or other business provides for public use. They would have software that would track keystrokes and look for account numbers and passwords. This would be a very sophisticated scam, not something you will run into during the normal course of travel, especially at RV parks or other normal public wifi locations. It is also something that would not be a long running scheme, since the business would quickly notice another wifi network with the same name as theirs. Finally, these schemes don't happen at RV Parks. Willie Sutton said when the feds asked why he robbed banks and he replied "that's where the money is", RV parks are not a target rich environment. Waaaay too many uploads of pictures and not too many multi-million dollar accounts being revealed. High end hotels and coffee shops on Wall Street are more likely targets.
In answer to the OP, satellite internet is expensive, slow and almost unavailable (the major provider went out of business). Best bet is to rely on a combination of Park wifi and cellular data plans and be well aware that neither are going to provide fast or affordable access to hundreds of gigabytes of data.

BankofAmerica online banking returns a pre selected icon/picture that you look at to verify you are on the real web site before entering your password. If you are on a new computer you are then challenged with other security questions to answer.

I also have our BofA CC send a text each time a charge is made without swiping the card(automatic, phone or internet).

We also have all three credit companies blocked to prevent new accounts from being opened. Did that ten years ago or so when my info was in a missing VA laptop. Only have had to use the codes to open one of them a few times. Wife somehow did open a Kohls account. They are worst than internet scammers, so I got that account closed.

Chris