Secure Wireless Network FAQ:
My roomie and I share a secure (WPA) wireless network. Can they see my activity/history?
“they” refers to my roommate.
My roomie and I share a secure (WPA) wireless network. Can they see my activity/history?
“they” refers to my roommate.
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Who are they?
And the WPA security is only between your wireless card and the wireless router. Outside of that your security depends on encryption.
-tcw
if the systems are separate then you are safe, also the only thing WPA is doing for you is making it where only clients that know the paraphrase to the router can connect to it and access the network/internet it dose nothing for systems that are suppose to be on the network. if you feel unsafe a good firewall such as Kaspersky or Zonealarm will most likely protect you from nearly anything
Hope it helps
The UnixGod
If you are sharing the same internet connection you’re using a WPA ‘common’ key. In other words, as long as he has the same key all traffic is decrypted and therefore can be monitored. Also, traffic can be monitored from the switch itself. There are many software network ’sniffers’ that can do this easily. If you’re very paranoid, there is a great site to encrypt your traffic that would avoid this. The site is. I have used them for years. This especially comes in handy in public places like coffee shops where you don’t know who could be monitoring you. The service encrypts all your data to their location using the same SSL security that a bank website would use for example.