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I've always been told that public WiFi is not safe and to only browse stuff online without logging into password protected sites when using it. I'm curious, however, about ethernet that is available at a hotel. Okay, not really sure ethernet is even the right word, but it's that "plug in" internet you can get from a hotel room. It's not WiFi. You have to plug a cord into your computer that goes into the hotel physical internet outlet thing.
I'm going to be traveling and staying at two hotels in mid-Sept. Wondering if it would be safe to plug my laptop in and do work and check financials stuff (where I'd be typing in passwords, going to sites with my bank acct. info, and places where my SS# are listed on my profile, etc.).
Could a hotel's ethernet be hacked by some guest and/or have malware on the network/system that infects me?
I'm going to be traveling and staying at two hotels in mid-Sept. Wondering if it would be safe to plug my laptop in and do work and check financials stuff (where I'd be typing in passwords, going to sites with my bank acct. info, and places where my SS# are listed on my profile, etc.).
Could a hotel's ethernet be hacked by some guest and/or have malware on the network/system that infects me?