I was wondering is it really safe surfing the web in your room at a hotel. I use an apple express and plug the ethernet cable into the express and surf wirelessly. I have wap set up and hide the ssid and my mac address is the only one that can surf on the express.

Can the hotel employees see which sites i'm visiting - such as online banking and credit card accounts? Are the hotel room ethernet cables connected to an onsite server where it gets all stored and a unscrupulous employee could pilfer the info?