If you are in a B&B and have logged onto their wireless broadband connection, can they see what sites you are looking at?

I have some business sensitive stuff to do on internet and need to know if its secure?

Technically, yes they could.

If they really wanted to they could use a packet sniffer to capture the data flowing back & forth to you but if you connect to a web page using the https protocol the data is scrambled so that would be secure.

Are you sure it's business stuff you're looking at ?

Ill probs wait till i get to work tomorrow then. Its probs a bit sad doing work in free time anyway.

Thanks for fast reply

So you mean they 'technically ' could also see if you log on to your bank for example?

Maybe ill try surfing for some lesbian sites instead then to give them summat to worry about

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Originally posted by Fatgadget
So you mean they 'technically ' could also see if you log on to your bank for example?

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if your connected then yes its simple you only need a dual card and commview in fr mon mode. this will capture data out of the air from any wifi connection. router side or not. and the wap key on your router isnt worth using because it can be cracked in a few mins. and https is not as safe as you think
adam

If you're doing sensitive company stuff you should be on a VPN anyway (the company would have to set that up). The internet is never safe unless you are using encryption, the information goes through quite a few computers in it's way to and from your computer and the remote server. If you have a vpn or https then there are very few people who can ever see what you're up to, certainly not B&B owners

p.s. if you send sensitive stuff by email (like certain customers of mine) and don't use encryption it's just like writing it on a postcard rather than using an envelope. pgp is very good if a little inconvenient.