If I connect to a security-enabled wireless network with the key, how much privacy do I get?
eg Will other users of this network or whoever created it know what websites I've looked at while on the network, or will they be able to tell at all if I've connected and when?
I have disabled network sharing of My Documents.
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2006-10-05 11:23:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
(Assume my computer is virus/spyware free)
2006-10-05 11:33:55 · update #1
The owner/operator of the network will always have the ability to see what you are doing if they set up the right things to do it. They could have something like a sniffer between the AP and the router and then see everything from your web browsing to your IM sessions and even IM messages with unencrypted protocols like MSN, or they could setup transparent proxy server that logs all your web requests.
As for other network users, and even just people within range, if they have the means (which most people do not), they can crack the encryption on the network and see absolutely everything you are doing.
2006-10-07 08:10:41 · answer #1 · answered by Polaris75 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not, unless they have some kind of spyware program.
2006-10-05 18:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by Secret Agent Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋