Best WiFi routers for travel
03-17-2019, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by tothebigblue
What’s better? USB? Portable modem? How do you use WiFi on the road (not hotel, not your aircraft). Tried to find the best area on the forum to post but...can’t. Thnx
03-17-2019, 06:35 AM
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Every hotel that just about any airline will stay at will have WiFi. Even crappy hotels commuters use at dirt cheap rates have WiFi. I would also wager every airline requires their crew hotels to have WiFi in their contracts.
So, it begs the question, why do you need a router on the road?
GP
So, it begs the question, why do you need a router on the road?
GP
03-17-2019, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by tothebigblue
What’s better? USB? Portable modem? How do you use WiFi on the road (not hotel, not your aircraft). Tried to find the best area on the forum to post but...can’t. Thnx
03-18-2019, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by GuardPolice
Every hotel that just about any airline will stay at will have WiFi. Even crappy hotels commuters use at dirt cheap rates have WiFi. I would also wager every airline requires their crew hotels to have WiFi in their contracts.
So, it begs the question, why do you need a router on the road?
GP
So, it begs the question, why do you need a router on the road?
GP
Everyone is pretty savvy about not doing personal financial stuff but a simple trip trade can cause havoc to your life. I switch to cellular on my company iPad when doing anything that requires a password. Our single company PW will allow you to change your direct deposit bank account. Same password to bid. Same password to get a release. A single point of failure gets it all.
The real privacy gurus will hook their own router up to the hotel Ethernet. But you’re getting into tin foil hat zone....
03-18-2019, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Std Deviation
How many people are not using a VPN on an unencrypted public hotel / FBO/ airport network? Would really suck if a 14 year old started trading your trips because you logged in at the hotel and he jacked your FLICA login credentials using a $99 pineapple (designed to test WiFi networks) available to anyone. Some hotels don’t even use a password. Guy sitting in the parking lot can get access.
Everyone is pretty savvy about not doing personal financial stuff but a simple trip trade can cause havoc to your life. I switch to cellular on my company iPad when doing anything that requires a password. Our single company PW will allow you to change your direct deposit bank account. Same password to bid. Same password to get a release. A single point of failure gets it all.
The real privacy gurus will hook their own router up to the hotel Ethernet. But you’re getting into tin foil hat zone....
Everyone is pretty savvy about not doing personal financial stuff but a simple trip trade can cause havoc to your life. I switch to cellular on my company iPad when doing anything that requires a password. Our single company PW will allow you to change your direct deposit bank account. Same password to bid. Same password to get a release. A single point of failure gets it all.
The real privacy gurus will hook their own router up to the hotel Ethernet. But you’re getting into tin foil hat zone....
But as long as your sensitive info is going via an https website with the green lock symbol visible (TLS), your info is pretty safe unless some nation-state's intelligence or law enforcement agency has it out for you.
If for some reason you use a local mail app (vice webmail) then you should encrypt messages before sending on public wifi (if it's sensitive, you should always encrypt).
If I have any suspicions about a certain hotspot, I'll just use my phone instead. Spoofs are out there, but modern tech means somebody has to screw up for them to get anything.
If you're actually worried about the NSA or the vice squad, then better use VPN and your own router.
03-18-2019, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Std Deviation
How many people are not using a VPN on an unencrypted public hotel / FBO/ airport network? Would really suck if a 14 year old started trading your trips because you logged in at the hotel and he jacked your FLICA login credentials using a $99 pineapple (designed to test WiFi networks) available to anyone. Some hotels don’t even use a password. Guy sitting in the parking lot can get access.
Everyone is pretty savvy about not doing personal financial stuff but a simple trip trade can cause havoc to your life. I switch to cellular on my company iPad when doing anything that requires a password. Our single company PW will allow you to change your direct deposit bank account. Same password to bid. Same password to get a release. A single point of failure gets it all.
The real privacy gurus will hook their own router up to the hotel Ethernet. But you’re getting into tin foil hat zone....
Everyone is pretty savvy about not doing personal financial stuff but a simple trip trade can cause havoc to your life. I switch to cellular on my company iPad when doing anything that requires a password. Our single company PW will allow you to change your direct deposit bank account. Same password to bid. Same password to get a release. A single point of failure gets it all.
The real privacy gurus will hook their own router up to the hotel Ethernet. But you’re getting into tin foil hat zone....
03-18-2019, 11:09 AM
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Best WiFi routers for travel
Originally Posted by Std Deviation
How many people are not using a VPN on an unencrypted public hotel / FBO/ airport network? Would really suck if a 14 year old started trading your trips because you logged in at the hotel and he jacked your FLICA login credentials using a $99 pineapple (designed to test WiFi networks) available to anyone. Some hotels don’t even use a password. Guy sitting in the parking lot can get access.
Everyone is pretty savvy about not doing personal financial stuff but a simple trip trade can cause havoc to your life. I switch to cellular on my company iPad when doing anything that requires a password. Our single company PW will allow you to change your direct deposit bank account. Same password to bid. Same password to get a release. A single point of failure gets it all.
The real privacy gurus will hook their own router up to the hotel Ethernet. But you’re getting into tin foil hat zone....
Everyone is pretty savvy about not doing personal financial stuff but a simple trip trade can cause havoc to your life. I switch to cellular on my company iPad when doing anything that requires a password. Our single company PW will allow you to change your direct deposit bank account. Same password to bid. Same password to get a release. A single point of failure gets it all.
The real privacy gurus will hook their own router up to the hotel Ethernet. But you’re getting into tin foil hat zone....
Almost every important website, including Flica, is secured with https. Plus even if someone had the knowhow to crack the websites you’re visiting and hack your computer on a WiFi network I don’t think they’re going to check into a hotel just for laughs and mess around with your Flica. I don’t think it’s some 14 year old in the basement that has the knowhow to do this stuff and again, even if they did why would they waste their time and energy on you. There was a good article in Wired about this. Unless you’re some kind of high level executive with access to trade secrets or a government employee with information that someone wants the tin foil hat stuff is a waste of time.
https://www.wired.com/story/hotel-airport-wifi-safe/
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