Comments on: Travel Security: How To Keep Your Finances, Data, & Identity Safe On The Road

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:23:49 +0000

In reply to Tiffany.

Hey Tiffany,
You’re AWESOME! Thanks for sharing your success story.
By the way, feel free to do your research, but I think you’ll find that Nord VPN is one of the very best – and also the cheapest if you get the 3-year plan! It’s so necessary, even at home on coffee shop connections!
Here’s the link to sign up: https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=31324&url_id=902

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:32:58 +0000

Hey Nora!
I just wanted to let you and anyone reading this know that you helped me out so much with this post!!! I know you have tried so many VPN’s before and I respect your opinions on this stuff. I recently just started traveling in Brazil and some unexpected things happened and I needed to access websites I typically don’t when traveling. Out of my home country of USA I was blocked. And I needed access those sites like NOW. I just googled professional hobo vpn and followed your recommendation with this VPN. I typically do all my own research and I just couldn’t. Thanks to you I had set this up in 15 min and just paid the $12 for one month. I can decide later if I want to keep it for longer. But in those stressful moments it was the best $12 I could have spent. Thank you so much for writing and sharing this post!!!

By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:29:22 +0000

In reply to Juan Ovalle. I agree, Juan! Although I feel more secure accessing my accounts on public WiFi if I am using my VPN, I still try to wait until I have a more secure connection.

By: Juan Ovalle

Juan Ovalle — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:35:12 +0000

I also generally don’t access my accounts when on public WiFi. Usually just go on LAN or data seems safer.

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:16:43 +0000

In reply to Larson. Hey Larson, I'm with you on using VPNs on public networks. It's such an easy way to hedge against what could be catastrophic consequences.

By: Larson

Larson — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 07:35:32 +0000

Using a public wifi spot when travelling would be a big no-no for me without VPN. There are many great VPNs out there for a relatively low price. My personal choice is Nordvpn rated as one of the best in the industry.

By: Richard Sykes

Richard Sykes — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 01:43:24 +0000

In reply to Nora. I believe the traditional way to accomplish this was by planting small programs called keystroke loggers on publicly available computers and then checking them later to see what you have suceeded in stealing. If you restrict yourself to using your own computer and always use https your passwords should be safe against everything short of the NSA using a supercomputer and a large number of years to crack the encryption built into https. Of course some day this will no longer be correct but I think it is for now.

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:19:51 +0000

In reply to Richard Sykes.

Hi Richard,
You know what? I don’t personally know anybody who has been victimized by internet fraud through public wifi. But I believe it’s a problem.
Using https sites won’t entirely protect you, because if somebody has hacked into your computer, they can see the passwords you’re entering for things like your bank account. This has nothing to do with the site you’re on (eg: https or not), and everything to do with the network you’re using (eg: public wifi).

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:12:44 +0000

In reply to WilburGriffin. Hi Wilbur, All VPNs work with Netflix, and my recommendations haven't been involved in scandals (as far as I know), nor are they (entirely) free. Appreciate the advice though!

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:11:11 +0000

In reply to Ryan K Biddulph.

Hey Ryan,
I used to joke that I’d throw myself in front of a bus to protect my laptop….except without me, my laptop would be pretty useless… 😉