Timeline for How to safely use password-protected websites on internet cafe computers
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| Sep 18, 2016 at 14:40 | comment | added | WGroleau | On the other hand, attempting to boot USB will either succeed or fail, no harm done. Unless they're REALLY talented and know how to detect the attempt and erase your stick. I read an article not long ago about an exploit that involved a modified boot ROM that would infect USB devices as soon as they were plugged in. | |
| Sep 18, 2016 at 14:37 | comment | added | WGroleau | If you're worried about spies, why would you assume they aren't? I have been in places where these simple protections were installed when other things indicated IT incompetence. | |
| Sep 18, 2016 at 14:33 | comment | added | Calchas | @WGroleau but why would you assume that the operators are competent? :) | |
| Sep 18, 2016 at 14:31 | comment | added | WGroleau | If the operators have any competence at all, booting from USB will be disabled. And if they have average competence, running apps from USB or installing VMs will be disabled. And even if you use two-factor, no guarantee they aren't saving screenshots or using a modified browser to capture text from the pages you fetch and the other (non-password) text you type. | |
| Sep 18, 2016 at 11:42 | history | answered | Calchas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |