do I need anti virus for new phone?

clive0510

thanks for the replys. I dont really use my phone to access the internet at all really. if I need the internet for anything I do it on this pc. 

CoastingHatbox

jsmith9 said:

"It would be nice if that was true, but it really isn't."

yes, it really is true. If you use your banking app, all the data transmitted to and from the phone is encrypted by the app to a very high standard, and thus completely unintelligible to anyone 'listening' on the open wifi connection.

In fact, paradoxically, using your banking app is probably one of the safest thing you can do on the pub Wi-Fi!

When it comes to browsing that is a different matter - although that data is also encrypted (over HTTPS) you cannot trust what you are connecting to so it could be a honeypot access point and so is dangerous. OK to browse though the news on pub wifi, but not to do anything that requires passwords.

However, your post does well to highlight the dangers of connecting to the 'pub wifi'  whereas you are really connecting to someone pretending to be the pub wifi.

IF, and only IF the banking app uses a pinned SSL certificate rather than the devices certificate store. And that is the tip of the iceberg... https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/04/04/android-banking-and-finance-apps-security-found-wanting/

RumRat

How many people have actually had their phone banking app hacked just by using public Wi-Fi?
All hacks require some sort of passive assistance from the account holder. As usual, the weak link is the human in the chain....