WiFi

paulcardoza wrote:
I do ALL of my financial business online, including filing taxes. Haven't written a paper check in over 5 years. I use my iPhone, iPad or laptop as convenience allows.I have had only one single incident of fraud on my credit card and that was from a physical card swipe at a car rental office in Key West

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I live on the edge. I've done banking in a Starbucks, I do turbo tax online.. my entire life is on the internet. Plus, I run no AV software whatsoever.

I also had an Amex card hacked, at a gas station in Las Vegas. Very little paranoia here.

I do everything I possibly can online. I couldn't keep up with paper considering the amount we travel.

Still, if I'm not certain of the origin of a nice fat open wifi hotspot, I won't do any sensitive stuff (e.g. banking). SSL can be hacked too. I'm not worried about anybody being able to get into my computer - it's protected.

@Water-Bug -

Paranoia is the first thing that comes to mind when reading your posts here. I do ALL of my financial business online, including filing taxes. Haven't written a paper check in over 5 years. I use my iPhone, iPad or laptop as convenience allows.

I have had only one single incident of fraud on my credit card and that was from a physical card swipe at a car rental office in Key West (unscrupulous employee!). If you have an SSL Browser and deal with reputable sites, the network you are on is mostly irrelevant. Obviously, if someone is out there looking to get hold of your specific information, it can be done. I just don't see someone sitting outside a WalMart expecting to hit the mother lode!

Moved from fifth wheel forum

N-Trouble wrote:
whats this have to do with 5er's?

Exactly nothing!!

Water-Bug wrote:

N-Trouble wrote:
You may not but MANY people do.

File their tax returns on a smartphone or tablet?

Sure, why not? I've done it over the phone before... Many many many years ago.

I can do everything I need to on a tablet....specifically my IPad Mini... Including running Windows 7.... (Let the head scratching begin)

My little ipad even makes a nice extended desktop for my MacBook when I need it to.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

VPN

Glad this thread is staying light and on-topic and in the correct forum.

N-Trouble wrote:
So only 5ers stop at Walmart?

Should go in tech section is my point.

No - *NOT* Tech Section ("Tech Issues" forum)!

It belongs in the "Technology Corner" forum.

But that's up to the Mods - until then, "Fifth Wheels" have it..:W



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N-Trouble wrote:

Water-Bug wrote:

N-Trouble wrote:
You may not but MANY people do.

File their tax returns on a smartphone or tablet?

No, store a boatload of personal information on their phone/tablet. People are more and more using mobile devices for things that we once reserved for computers.

Even without the threat of WiFi hackers, carrying a lot of financial and personal information on a mobile device is ill advised. Nothing like making it easy for identity thieves. Then people wonder "How could this happen to me?".

EDIT Over 4.5 million smartphones were lost or stolen in the US in 2013. :(