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| Thread ID: 77701 | 2007-03-19 03:57:00 | key loggers in internet cafes | bonzo29 (2348) | PC World Chat |
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| 534264 | 2007-03-19 03:57:00 | Saw an item on Tv the other day quite rightly describing the dangers of feeding bank passwords etc into cafe computers. It was suggesting you feed the data in via a usb thumb drive to avoid the the use of the keyboard. I havn't the faintest idea of how to feed the info in, other than a number of files of some sort. Can the experts spell the process out from A to Z please. |
bonzo29 (2348) | ||
| 534265 | 2007-03-19 04:11:00 | You have your password etc type out in a file on your usb thumb drive which you plug into the computer at the internet cafe, and when you want to put in your password etc just open up the file which has it typed into it and copy and paste them into your login details, thus avoiding the key logger. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 534266 | 2007-03-19 04:13:00 | Easy dont use internet cafes for online banking. They most probably mean, put the usb flash drive in open a text file and copy and paste or something. Thats the only way you're going to do something without using a keyboard, u use the mouse instead. Unless its got speech recognition or something. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 534267 | 2007-03-19 04:18:00 | They probably mean having your log id and password already typed into a text file so when you log into your bank site, or whatever, you copy and paste from the those text files rather than typing them in on the keyboard. This way a key logger can't record them. Not very safe to have them on a USB drive though unless it is encrypted. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 534268 | 2007-03-19 04:23:00 | "You have your password etc type out in a file on your usb thumb drive which you plug into the computer at the internet cafe, and when you want to put in your password etc just open up the file which has it typed into it and copy and paste them into your login details, thus avoiding the key logger" Ah copy and paste thanks Trev. Yes I know all the dangers I was just curious how to do it. |
bonzo29 (2348) | ||
| 534269 | 2007-03-19 04:26:00 | Well that was a weird delayed double post | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 534270 | 2007-03-19 04:38:00 | Well that was a weird delayed double post MY fault didn't use the inbuilt "quote" mechanism, just manual inverted commas! |
bonzo29 (2348) | ||
| 534271 | 2007-03-19 04:51:00 | Saw an item on Tv the other day quite rightly describing the dangers of feeding bank passwords etc into cafe computers. No way would I ever log on to my bank account on any computer other than my own. Well, maybe except for the one that only has $15 in it. :p It is a good idea to use the USB thumb drive trick for entering passwords into your email and other accounts you access online on public computers as well. And as an extra safety precaution you should change the passwords regularly using the USB thumb drive* while you are away and as soon as you return home. * Have a number of passwords already typed into your password file/s ready for copying and pasting so that you do not need to type them out when you change them. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 534272 | 2007-03-19 04:51:00 | MY fault didn't use the inbuilt "quote" mechanism, just manual inverted commas! i thought " were speech/quotation marks o_O lol. anyway i dont trust inet cafe's for **** like that, lol, i usually have a disc for bootable linux on me anyway which is pretty easy to get working at a inet cafe |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 534273 | 2007-03-19 04:57:00 | I'll never, EVER, use a public computer to access my internet banking. Not in a million years. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
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