I am thinking of finally breaking down and getting my 1st-ever wireless plan. (Just a “Data Plan” and non of that silly Cell-Phone stuff…)
So anyways, my question is this…
How does the security of Verizon’s “JetPack” compare to a regular Wireless Modem?
Here is my understanding of how Wireless works…
When I use a free wireless connection (e.g. Panera, Denny’s, McDonalds), basically everything I type can be seen by bad guys, right? (Does that include Log-In Credentials too??)
However, by buying a wireless plan with someone like Verizon, all communications between either the Jet Pack or Wireless Modem and Verizon’s Wireless Towers would be encrypted, and therefore - in theory - totally safe, right?
So far, so good, right?
Now what my question deals with is whether I should go with a “Jet Pack” or “Wireless Modem”??
Again, here is my understanding of how things work…
With a Jet Pack, while Verizon says the communication between my Laptop and their Jet Pack is encrypted, I believe it can be broken into via a “Man-In-The-Middle” attack??
By contrast, by going with their Wireless Modem, it would be “hard-wired” with my Laptop via the USB port. And so, my Laptop would be communicating with Verizon’s Wireless Towers entirely over an encrypted connection. So, in theory, all of my activity/communication over the wireless network would be secure.
How does that sound?
(If all of that is true, about the only downside I can see to going with the Wireless Modem, is that I’d only be able to use it with one computer at a time. And this could be a slight pain, since I am planning on buying a new MacBook to use exclusively for managing my web server. So, in that case, I wouldn’t be able to do things like listen to a radio show on this laptop while managing my web server on my new MacBook.)
Sincerely,
Debbie