Chapter 5 focused on the world of wireless and/or mobile devices and the threats particular to them.
There was a lot of good, solid, easy-to-follow advice in this chapter, particularly where configuring wifi security is concerned. It jogged my memory to turn off a few unused features on my home router and that one of these days I really should set up full-disk encryption on my laptop.
It also reminded me just why I prefer a desktop PC and physical cables to wireless devices so much. In addition to the more comfortable keyboard, greater connection speed, and vastly greater screen real estate that a desktop PC with a wired connection offers, wires are quite a bit more secure than radio waves, and they're much less susceptible to interference.
Furthermore, it made me feel vindicated in my general non-use of my smartphone for anything particularly critical. I may use it to check my email, but banking can wait until I'm at home.
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