Norton Hotspot Privacy Protects Your Info on Public Networks

[exfileme]

Symantec offers a new service that protects your private data on public Wi-Fi networks.

Norton Hotspot Privacy Protects Your Info on Public Networks : Read more

 

[digiex]

In the beginning, the Norton Utilities is synonymous to optimized fast PC, but now it became a bloatware that will slow down your PC to a halt.

 

[jhansonxi]

Symantec's new service creates a secure, private connection that cannot be seen by eavesdropping software.

Other than Symantec.

 

[bim27142]

how about tor? it's free...

 

[infernocy]

[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Yeah if you want webpages to take 5 mins to load.[/citation]


nah it dosnt take that long

 

[acecombat]

[citation][nom]bim27142[/nom]how about tor? it's free...[/citation]
Also the connection between the originator and the entry node is not encrypted and the exit node can sniff your traffic. There's bad exit nodes setup that do just that. So now you've opened yourself up to even more potential security issues.

 

[del35]

Not sure why it is needed since there are applications and addons that will allow web surfing and login into websites using the HTTPS standard.

HTTPS provides authentication of the web site and associated web server that one is communicating with, which protects against Man-in-the-middle attacks. Additionally, it provides bidirectional encryption of communications between a client and server, which protects against eavesdropping and tampering with and/or forging the contents of the communication.

 

[del35]

how about tor? it's free...

It is. The problem is that it is too too also and what you send through a hotspot can be potentially intercepted.