[LINK] Wi-Fi hotspot .. access accounts via VPN or SSL

[andrew clarke]

On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 06:33:21PM +0000, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> Security experts warn that packet sniffers can collect cookie information 
> while a user is accessing rich Web apps over Wi-Fi

Yep.  Or any ordinary web server where unencrypted data transfer is the
norm.  Which is most of them.  Nothing new there...

> By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service August 01, 2007
> <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/01/Web-apps-over-Wi-Fi-put-data-at-
> risk_1.html?source=NLC-TB&cgd=2007-08-01>
> 
> Users who access Google's Gmail or the Facebook social-networking site 
> over Wi-Fi could put their accounts at risk of being hijacked, according 
> to research from Errata Security, a computer security company

I'm not sure about Facebook or the rest of Google, but Google Mail
accounts can be used over an encrypted link using HTTPS.

https://www.gmail.com/

Google also provide an encrypted POP3 service for Gmail users.