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[SunsetBengal]

(06-14-2018, 08:38 AM)Au165 Wrote: A device having their WiFi on doesn't really open you to any potential threat, other then the information gathering I talked about before. It's when you connect to an open network you are at risk, however banks tend to use pretty good encryption that other than something like a keylogger an open network isn't going to be much of a threat banking wise. Man in the middle attacks, which is what normally occurs on open networks, basically monitors traffic and passes it on to its desired location recording the stuff they want. Things like logging into email accounts on open networks are what get people in trouble because they then use that login information to reset other, more interesting, account information. Very very few people can force their way into systems, most times when people are "hacked" it's because they got your login credentials through social engineering or something described above then work across different platforms seeing where you used this login information repeatedly.

Long story short, don't login to account from open networks and don't use the same passwords across multiple sites. 

I know that what you're saying is true, and sound advice.  It's tough to have different passwords for many different login accounts, and remember what each one is, especially if it's a bill pay account that might get logged into once a month.  I think I might have to start keeping a hard copy list.