Safe to do stock orders on public wireless networks?

it's probably safe enough, but it certainly wouldn't be my first choice.

even if the network is safe, there are plenty of other people there who could see you typing in your account info and password.

I believe they all use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) so it should be secure on a public network. If they didn't, it wouldn't even be secure on a private network since the packets over the internet would be unencrypted (encryption is only between the workstation and the modem on a private network) and could be seen by a hacker.

SSL is source to destination encryption.

notwithstanding if that's guard meaning the relationship is encrypted. It demands a login for somebody to pass into the community. WEP is a miles less guard kind, WPA is counseled. Public places are on no account secure. i does no longer pass any comfortable documents around the community while in a public place (inclusive of logging into your financial company account). you're in possibility for stolen passwords and different comfortable documents. If, as an occasion, they get you e mail log in. What do you think of they'd do with all those e mail addresses? Dane