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Hack Attack: Internet & Email Security - Knowledge Share Wednesday, 04/26/17, 1-4pm ET
Long gone are the days that each of us feel comfortable leaving our front door open to our home. That applies even more so to our virtual home and identity on the internet. Join the conversation as we discuss and share knowledge on a topic that affects us all: Internet & Email Security.
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LTE_blues
Tutor
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5 Messages
7 years ago
@Tigereyze209 I am well aware that no technology available to common joes like us is immune against state actors, all one can ask for these days is some defense against low level attackers.
Do you know how vowifi calls are encrypted, if at all? ie. If I sniffed all IP packets for a vowifi call, how much work would it be for me to play back the phone call? I am asking this because this is what AT&T tells me to do instead of fixing their LTE network problems.
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Tigereyze209
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7 years ago
If attwifi works anything like xfinity wifi, the actual connection is handled seperetily from the customer who owns the actual internet connection.
It uses your customer (global) att login and password (assuming you have an att wireless/internet account) to log in, and as it is a seperate connection, no data usage counts against the gateway owners account.
Some folks can have their wi-fi set up to work like a mini cell tower for voice calls only.. mind you, only att mobile devices can access it...
I have to admit, I am a little vague on the exact mechanics of how that works. And I am largely basing it on how the wi-fi hot spot works on my dads gateway device.
Public hot spots in like cafes, and other businesses, are mostly open to anyone, but they can and often due restrict the kind of links you can actually access.
No usenet, irc, or common porn sites, for instance.)
Any more is mostly speculation.
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LTE_blues
Tutor
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5 Messages
7 years ago
@JefferMC Is there anybody here from field Ops I can message regarding a band 30 problem where I live that hasn't been resolved for 3+ months even though I made numerous contacts to support?
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Tigereyze209
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7 years ago
I have to say, qwhile we have been all over the place in topic and tone, maybe even wandered off the main topic just a little from time to time, I must say, this has been a very elightening converstaion, and i for one an glad i got to be a part of it!
I hope others got as much out of this as I did!
LOTS of questions answered.
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Tigereyze209
Professor
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7 years ago
Not that anyone asked, but I'm located in Florida, near St. Augustine.
Seems like most of the ones I know the locations of are fellow coasties. (folks from either east coast, or west coast.)
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pgrey
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7 years ago
While this is sort of true, if you set up a 1024 or 2048 encrypted VPN, or use similar TOR tools, you can be reasonably assured that no one is going to decrypt your data.
voWiFi is supposed to be encrypted. Some guys in a Berkley lab decided to analyze a competitors' voWiFi security a couple of years ago, and found a big hole, where they were sharing the PSK without correct security (the key that allows decryption on the other side). It's only secure as the best engineering that was done on the implementation.
I've had to "prove out" some security solutions before, it's quite the process, involving running tools, close user scrutiny and evaluation, and a constant re-check, whenever things are updated/changed. It's a very expensive process, when done correctly, and realistically it can only be done to "known standards", not to the unknown security flaws that exist.
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ATTU-verseCare
Community Support
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6.7K Messages
7 years ago
Hi @LTE_blues, @ATTU-verseCare so we can look into your question. Provide account information and contact information related to this issue.
-ATTU-verseCare
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pgrey
Master
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3.5K Messages
7 years ago
I'm a "coastie" too, a suburb of Seattle. Used to be a "coastie" in AK as well, hmm... ;-]
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ms_unicorn
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7 years ago
And that wraps up our Ask an Expert event! A big “Thank you!” to all participants.
@pgrey
@Tigereyze209
@JefferMC
@Dah333
@LTE_blues
We hope you found this event informative. If you have any other questions, keep the conversation going in our Internet Board.
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