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Bt hotspot. Safe?

hylax
hylax Posts: 184 Forumite
I live in a village and use BT broadband with a 10GB/month allowance. Have found that I am in a BT hotspot. How safe is this for emails and banking?

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  • tocsin
    tocsin Posts: 186 Forumite
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    edited 28 July 2014 at 3:44PM
    It may be your BT broadband that is providing the hotspot - check out the BT Fon facility.

    Generally, I use BT hotspots for email and forums, etc when away from home, but not financial stuff - I'm on the cautious side!
  • Mr_Toad
    Mr_Toad Posts: 2,462 Forumite
    hylax wrote: »
    I live in a village and use BT broadband with a 10GB/month allowance. Have found that I am in a BT hotspot. How safe is this for emails and banking?

    When dealing with a secure site, like banking, the data is encrypted on your PC before being sent.

    A BT Hotspot is just another WiFi access point and is fine to use for banking etc.
    One by one the penguins are slowly stealing my sanity.
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