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| carolcat:
--- Quote from: Conan on October 16, 2017, 11:15:28 PM ---thats tru, idk what other situation he'd do banking outside of home tho --- End quote --- mobile banking apps to check his balance? i do that all the time with my debit card |
| Trogtor:
as long as my neighbors arent elite hackers i dont have to worry about anything right |
| Ipquarx:
--- Quote from: Trogtor on October 16, 2017, 11:21:15 PM ---as long as my neighbors arent elite hackers i dont have to worry about anything right --- End quote --- do you use wifi at places other than home regularly? if so it would be a good idea to change your habits a little bit to avoid potentially giving away sensitive data |
| Trogtor:
i have unlimited data on my phone so i never use Wi-Fi so i guess I'm safe |
| RedGajin:
--- Quote from: Trogtor on October 16, 2017, 11:21:15 PM ---as long as my neighbors arent elite hackers i dont have to worry about anything right --- End quote --- probably not. although the researchers do release these scripts they create to the public, and i guarantee you someones already recreated this (or it already was created), made it better, and put it up for sale. anyone can run a script alongside wireshark to siphon your info, its really easy. the more advanced attacks that are possible because of this exploit you probably wont need to worry about though. debian and ubuntu are patched, windows had apparently already patched this out in a security update last week. cisco devices are steadily coming out with patches also here's a list of router developers that have released patches for this: https://www.windowscentral.com/vendors-who-have-patched-krack-wpa2-wi-fi-vulnerability |
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