If a public library has both wired and wireless internet, is the wired one more secured?

Question

If a public library has both wired and wireless internet, is the wired one more secured?

Answer 1

Well yes the wired one is way more secure, and don't forget faster. Because when your connected to a wireless network people can see everything your doing, and when i say people i mean hackers. So use the wired computers at the library you'll be a little safer. Not much but a little safer!! Hope i helped!!

Answer 2

yes, but i'm sure you aren't doing anything you shouldn't be doing so it won't make a difference which one you use.

Answer 3

Wireless is less secure even if there's WEP encryption. Wireless is NOT a secure format in any way, shape form or fashion.

Whether the LAN used for wireless and wired connection at your library is secure may vary. The wired is more secure by default simply because it's not relying on WEP encrpytion to protect your traffic.

If you're worried about the security of your connection in a public place, get yourself on a Tor network and/or VPN. Make sure you have adequate firewall installed. Browse wisely and smartly. And don't pass anything important over wireless because sidejacking is EASY on ANY wireless connection.

Answer 4

The wired one is faster; however, its just as secure as the wireless is. Whenever you're connected to the network (via a router), you're always sustainable to attack, in a sense.

The only sure way to be secure on the Internet is to simply take the Ethernet cord from the ISP's modem and plug that directly into the back of you PC.

Answer 5

The network your computer is using to access the internet is only as secure as the "weakest link". So it really doesn't matter if someone hacks into your networked devices wirelessly, because after doing so they may get access to your other computers and devices connected to the wireless computer - even if they are using wired access, it's all on the same networked computers.

Your best bet is to run a free security scan, testing the vulnerability within your networked devices. You can find one here: http://www.purenetworks.com/securityscan...

So if a networked computer accessing the internet using wireless is a security threat - the scan will identify why it needs fixing and where the security threat exists. Hope this helps!

Answer 6

Yes, because the data is not all over the place. But if it is in the same network group both are on the same danger.