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On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> So, my first question, |
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> does that work and does it require the site on the other end to have it |
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> set up as well? Bonus question, is it easy to use on any site if it |
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> doesn't require the other end to use it? I'm thinking of using this for |
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> my banking/financial sites as well if it is a good idea. |
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A VPN doesn't need any site you access to be set up. You tunnel all of |
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your connections through another network. |
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> I'm not interested in a NSA based hardened install here, just reasonably |
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> secure. |
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You're probably more secure than your bank by virtue of caring. Using |
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a VPN for security isn't really a good idea; what is more important is |
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two-factor authentication (which your institution has to offer) and |
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reasonable passwords. |
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I recently had some huge shitshow with what was my financial |
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institution. I had to dispute charges coming from Google which I |
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hadn't authorized, and some from Amazon when they wouldn't uphold |
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their return policy. They claimed to have filed legal paperwork, but |
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still tried to place the blame on me (the accounts are now useless - |
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no debit cards). I'd never lost the card and they remained on my |
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person, so gg bank it's either your fault or Google's. |
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Anecdote included as a reminder that regardless of how secure *you* |
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are, the world will still blame you for their problems. |
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