Connecting to Internet in a Hotspot

[Andreas Aßmann]

Can anybody tell me if connecting to internet in a public hotspot is 
safer with Linux (Fedora) than with Windows? Or is it all the same?
Thanks
Greetings
Andrew

[Carlo A. Bedogni]

More safe .
Il 19/feb/2014 21:08 "Andreas Assmann" <a.g.assmann(a)gmx.de&gt; ha scritto:

>  Can anybody tell me if connecting to internet in a public hotspot is safer
>  with Linux (Fedora) than with Windows? Or is it all the same?
>  Thanks
>  Greetings
>  Andrew
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[Samuel W. Flint]

On the contrary, it is only marginally safer, for your machine, and that's
it.  Be very careful of what you do!  Your information is still at risk!!!

Sam

On Wed, February 19, 2014 2:14 pm, Carlo A. Bedogni wrote:
>  More safe .
>  Il 19/feb/2014 21:08 "Andreas Assmann" <a.g.assmann(a)gmx.de&gt; ha scritto:
>
> >
> >
> > Can anybody tell me if connecting to internet in a public hotspot is
> > safer
> > with Linux (Fedora) than with Windows? Or is it all the same?
> > Thanks
> > Greetings
> > Andrew
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[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 21:08:03 +0100
Andreas Assmann wrote:

>  
>  
>  Can anybody tell me if connecting to internet in a public hotspot is 
>  safer with Linux (Fedora) than with Windows? Or is it all the same? 
It depends on the manner in which information is being transferred.

In terms of the machine itself, its OS and your files, Linux is
probably significantly safer because of the system permission and file
ownership restrictions. For web-based information where common malware
and trojan tools rely on browser security and things like javascript
implementations then there is a much more level playing field.

If you're accessing your own data then using a VPN is much safer, if
you're accessing 'cloud' services then even with TLS/SSL it's not
guaranteed to be safer on Linux.

HTH.

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Brian Morrison