Digital Security When Travelling

  • 19 February 2016
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Do not trust public access computers with your logins

 
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Feb 19, 2016 06:00 GMT  ·  By Bogdan Dumitru It was a few years ago, at a hotel, when I had a "digital dilemma." I had my plane tickets as PDF files on my e-mail account, but no way to print them, so I was sent to the Office area, to the public access computer (with a printer attached).
 
The computer had a standard guest account (meaning that it would reset all settings on log-out), but the problem was the previous user. He/she didn't log out from the browser or from the Guest Account, so when I accessed Yahoo Mail, I was on his e-mail account. I verified the history and he was logged on different sites, even with his business account.
 
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Sort of goes without saying...but I suppose that for some it can never be said or stressed enough...and still they will not listen or take heed.

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