Best way for me to get to JFK tomorrow?
Feb 16, 2012, 10:29 pm
#16
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 516
Hi everyone, took awhile for me to reply because, I just got home tonight.
The delay was due to 2 reasons:
1. Didn't come here while working
2. Don't want to "send" my password information over the hotel wifi. I always heard that someone could potentially steal my info. Heck, even when you connect to the hotel wifi, you get the message "you are connecting to an unsecure connection...."
Anyway, my friend and I both took the air train.
In fact, we left at the same time and my friend got to the air train BEFORE me!
So I got on the Q30, and it took about 55 minutes to arrive at Jamaica station.
Thanks to guv1976 I did not take the Q30 to the F to the E.
I took the Q30 directly to the Air Train station.
Once I got to the station, it took around 20 minutes to get to the terminal, we were at terminal 8, which was the last stop.
Surprisingly there was NO line at security. So we went right through.
Thanks for all the help!
The delay was due to 2 reasons:
1. Didn't come here while working
2. Don't want to "send" my password information over the hotel wifi. I always heard that someone could potentially steal my info. Heck, even when you connect to the hotel wifi, you get the message "you are connecting to an unsecure connection...."
Anyway, my friend and I both took the air train.
In fact, we left at the same time and my friend got to the air train BEFORE me!
So I got on the Q30, and it took about 55 minutes to arrive at Jamaica station.
Thanks to guv1976 I did not take the Q30 to the F to the E.
I took the Q30 directly to the Air Train station.
Once I got to the station, it took around 20 minutes to get to the terminal, we were at terminal 8, which was the last stop.
Surprisingly there was NO line at security. So we went right through.
Thanks for all the help!
Feb 17, 2012, 11:52 am
#18
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 8,498
Online banking is actually less of an issue because your connection is encrypted. With flyertalk, your connection isn't encrypted so if you use the same username/password on other sites, someone might in theory be able to get it. Although I don't think I've ever heard of someone actually getting hacked by using hotel wifi (the vast, vast majority of password theft is through social engineering attacks like phishing).
Feb 17, 2012, 2:17 pm
#19
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 516
For me...Same answer but it applies to all my accounts.
I could be paranoid but...
I know someone stealing the password for online banking is a lot different than stealing the password to a forum....but I like to keep all my logins safe
Feb 17, 2012, 3:20 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MSN
Programs: IC Plat Amb, Kimpton Inner Circle, BW Diamond
Posts: 83
Online banking is actually less of an issue because your connection is encrypted. With flyertalk, your connection isn't encrypted so if you use the same username/password on other sites, someone might in theory be able to get it. Although I don't think I've ever heard of someone actually getting hacked by using hotel wifi (the vast, vast majority of password theft is through social engineering attacks like phishing).
Basically correct, although the issue is less about stealing the password (most are hashed, not plain text) and more about stealing the session cookie (allowing them to impersonate an existing connection). Encrypted connections (bank, reputable shopping sites, etc) are much less vulnerable. Google "firesheep" for a whole lot more discussion of the issue.
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