USB tethering to laptop safe?
I use my Verizon Android tethered to a laptop for internet access when traveling. Would a sniffer be able to find and access the connection? I've been thinking it would be secure but would like to kno...
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wa8yxm wrote:
First nothing on the internet is 100% secure. there are always to "Hack it" but the common Wi-Fi Sniffer can not hack a wire.. Only a radio.
So that is the MOST secure connection you can do.
Those packets are only secure on the journey to the first router. Beyond that you don't know what medium will be used to get the packet to the next router downstream and it could be wireless. Plus even on a wired network someone with access to the wire and knowledge can sniff or dump all the traffic. If you want a higher level of security you need to encrypt the packets end-to-end.
