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12th Aug 2016cazador commented on:
Are you tempted to plan a digital detox?Only just seen this thread, but quite agree living without the Internet would be very inconvenient, I don't even visit a Post Office anymore, just have an online Royal Mail account and print a postal voucher to stick on a letter or package, but actually can't remember when I last sent a letter to anyone. I probably spend too much time online as I am a computer geek but go walking every day for exercise, and apart from buying food and clothes I rarely visit a shop.ViewDate:
31st Jul 2016cazador commented on:
Staying secure on public wifiApologies for some duplication Rachel but the https is very important and when I said forget the lock, I wasn't disagreeing but usually a hacker will display a large yellow lock, not the small one next to the normal https, and some people seeing a large yellow lock don't check the 's' in https.ViewDate:
31st Jul 2016cazador commented on:
Staying secure on public wifiYes, excellent advice to disable 'remember network' as auto connecting to a previous wifi can be very risky, and you are also 'advertising' to a hacker on the same wifi the names of your previous connections, which can be 'spoofed' making your device think it is safe to connect to the spoof (faked) address and not the real one. VERY important look in the address bar of your browser, get used to doing this at home and check if it says https and not http, not all sites use https but all the major sites, banks, paypal, facebook etc use this to protect your password from being 'captured' when you login, so if an https site at home becomes an http site on public wifi don't use it, forget the lock logo, if it doesn't say https then it isn't https, and it doesn't, leave the site. Think http(s) for secure.