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kalos:
Hello!
At work the company offers public wifi after registration with your email. My question is, is it possible and easy for them to monitor, not the webpages visited (that's easy), but the text typed and submitted in webpages like dating websites and/or mobile apps, like Whisper, Chat apps, Dating apps, etc?
Thanks!
skwire:
My question is, is it possible and easy for them to monitor, not the webpages visited (that's easy), but the text typed and submitted in webpages like dating websites and/or mobile apps, like Whisper, Chat apps, Dating apps, etc?-kalos (April 25, 2018, 08:56 AM)
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Absolutely, it is possible. Whether they do, or care, is another question.
MilesAhead:
My question is, is it possible and easy for them to monitor, not the webpages visited (that's easy), but the text typed and submitted in webpages like dating websites and/or mobile apps, like Whisper, Chat apps, Dating apps, etc?-kalos (April 25, 2018, 08:56 AM)
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Absolutely, it is possible. Whether they do, or care, is another question.
-skwire (April 25, 2018, 09:41 AM)
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I think if you are typing over an https connection via a browser you may have some protection. It must be better than nothing since so many sites provide https nowadays. It would be interesting to find out more but afaik stuff between your computer and the WiFi modem is "in the clear" unless what you are typing into encrypts it.
wraith808:
I think if you are typing over an https connection via a browser you may have some protection
-MilesAhead (April 25, 2018, 10:40 AM)
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Nope.
https://privatebrowsingmyths.com/
https protects the information that is being transmitted. not the nature of the transmission. And that data is still not secure, especially if they use a proxy. Best practice? Pretend that it's all open, and don't do anything that you don't want anyone to see.
Deozaan:
I think if you are typing over an https connection via a browser you may have some protection
-MilesAhead (April 25, 2018, 10:40 AM)
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Nope.
https://privatebrowsingmyths.com/
https protects the information that is being transmitted. not the nature of the transmission. And that data is still not secure, especially if they use a proxy. Best practice? Pretend that it's all open, and don't do anything that you don't want anyone to see.
-wraith808 (April 25, 2018, 12:34 PM)
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Aren't we talking about information that is being transmitted here? OP isn't asking about whether or not the website he visits can be tracked, but whether or not the information he types while on the website can be trackrf. If it's being transmitted over HTTPS then the data he types and submits to a site should be encrypted and untrackable. That is, assuming he doesn't have a keylogger on his PC. . . :-\
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