Thread: Internet cafe safety

There's always a risk to using a public computer. It might have surreptitiously-installed software on it that will capture the passwords you enter - a catastrophe if you do any online banking, or even if you want to keep your email account private.

I gathered together a bunch of portable Internet programs and tools to check out the computer you're using in an Internet café. As well as Firefox, Thunderbird, Pidgin (formerly Gaim) and CCleaner, I added a number of other programs which will make the use of a public computer a safer and more secure experience.

There are two versions - one for the more technical types, which includes KeePass, Neo's SafeKeys, KeyScrambler, TCP View, Hostess and ClamWin AV, and another for the ungeeky (ordinary users who just want to send messages, check online banking, etc) which has only KeePass secure password store and Neo's SafeKeys (an onscreen keyboard which is safe from keyboard-event-logging trojan horses, unlike Windows' built-in mouse keyboard). Each should give you a layer of protection from password-stealing software installed on the computer you are using, and each will run from your USB flash drive without being logged in as an administrator.

Both versions have my own help document (16 pages in PDF) with guidance for the programs' use, and other tips on staying safe online.

It's all contained in a little launcher, which speeds up selecting the various programs. It is entirely free to use and contains free and - as far as possible - open-source software.

Read more about it here

Even though I know all of these things, I don't encrypt my laptop. Why? I don't think my transmissions are all that interesting. And I'm too busy "working."

The world has been witnessing increasing use of the Internet. The Net is being widely used as a medium of trading, banking and other commercial transactions. The Act lays down procedures for networking operations and for civil wrongs and offences. It, however, has not laid down the security and regulatory procedures to be followed by public houses.

Yes you are very right the many type of hacking software use many person in cyber cafe. Your idea is usefull for net bankar user and many to protect his personaly imformation. also save hacking your data. but in some time that type software not ok beacuse the hekar create a crack of that type of software and broken security.

To be safe, you should have a mini laptop with you when traveling! If you just read some information on Internet then it would be fine. But if you use email, access bank accounts,... then you should not do these!