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Questions tagged [hotspot]

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Securing a Personal Hotspot

I'm buying a brand new phone, added to it: a new line and SIM card, along with a brand new laptop, to use my phone's network as a hotspot. I will not be using these devices for anything but personal banking (I'll be visiting my broker's website and…
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When connecting laptop to internet through VPN via phone's hotspot, should VPN be active on phone, laptop, or both?

The objective is to connect a laptop to the internet through a VPN via a mobile phone's hotspot or USB cable. Should the VPN be activated on the laptop, on the phone, or both? Secondarily, is using a USB cable substantially safer than a…
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Honeypot tricking my android device to connect

I have been facing this issue since a month where a neighbour access point is acting like a honeypot, all the nearby android devices are getting connected to it even after forgetting the network. The issue is much like described in this link I need…
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How to detect SMTP proxy on public wifi?

For a small research project I want to collect characteristics of public wifi hotspots. One topic that came up was SMTP proxy - is there a way to detect a proxy or could I just check whether the standard ports are generally blocked (which would be…
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Is it possible to get virus/malware by just connecting to an Android phone acting as a WiFi hotspot?

Is it possible that my Windows 8.1 computer gets infected by virus or malware by just connecting to an Android phone acting as a WiFi hotspot? I didn't do anything else. I didn't surf the internet, nothing. I just connected to it. I know chances…
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Automatic change of hotspot network name on Android Phone

I saw this sudden change in my hotspot name. It has been months since I last used it. Is this something to be concerned about? My colleague also saw something similar where both his network name and password were changed to something weird.
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What can an attacker do to a shared hotspot

I regularly create a hotspot from my computer in order to share documents: cp mydocument.txt /var/www/html/ service apache2 start nohup nmcli dev wifi hotspot ifname wlan0 con-name documents ssid documents band bg channel 4 Which risk do I take by…
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public hotspot: Tor vs Antivirus Safe area?

I'm surfing through a public hotspot, I would like to login on my Facebook account with the minimum risk of being intercepted by any cracker connected to the same WiFi. I have both Tor browser and Bitdefender Safepay installed and working and I…
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What is leaked about devices connected to iOS personal hotspot?

This is the scenario: 1) I set up a personal hotspot using my iPhone 4S running iOS 5 (we call this device A) 2) I connect a mobile device (e.g. a smartphone) using WiFi to have it use the hotspot for internet (we call this device B) Is it then…
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When I visit an http://gofile.me/ link, how much information to I provide to the NAS server owner?

There are files I need from a heavy NAS user and they've given me a link of the form http://gofile.me/xxxxx/xxxxxxxxx If my laptop running the Chrome browser in macOS is connected to the internet via an iPhone hotspot and I download the data, what…
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Suspicious MAC address when using personal hotspot (iPhone and MacBook Air)

Personal hotspot connection from iPhone 12 used on my MacBook Air. Under Settings - Mobile Data - Personal Hotspot (iPhone), I see 2 data usage components: 1.5 GB - MacBook 20.2 KB - A suspicious MAC address: 4a:f1:1b:3a:7d:86 Further information:…
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What are the risks of an unauthorised device connected to a mobile hotspot?

My friend had to activate a mobile hotspot on his iphone for half an hour in an airport to connect his laptop, and suddenly he realized that his device was not the only one connected to it. What are the risks of someone else's unauthorized…
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How is my Macbook connecting to my WiFi APs without asking for a password?

When I work away from home (and home wifi) I use my phone's hotspot to connect my Macbook to the internet. However, it's always surprised me that I just have to click on the name of the hotspot to connect. It never asks for a password, not even the…
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Someone connected to my hotspot. Are my phone and laptop now compromised?

I have been using my android phone as a wifi hot spot for my laptop over the last few days so I can access the internet. I've been in a new location with no other personal devices nearby, and the hot spot has been on for extended hours over several…
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Channel the VPN through a WiFi hotspot

Suppose that I have my mobile connect with a VPN and I use my mobile as a WiFi router to provide internet to a laptop. If I check my ip from the mobile, it is correctly the ip of VPN while if I check it from the laptop it is the one of my mobile…
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