I heard that some people can get your email password when they are very far. I wonder if using public cyber cafes will protect me instead of using the same computer daily. How do they get to do this? is it possible?
How do people get to know your email password when even they are in another continent?
What you are suggesting is so far-fetched it's almost laughable, except that I think you are serious about this. But I'm puzzled as to how important you are - world-wide - that a hacker would need to get YOUR password out of all the millions that are floating around?
I have been on the internet since 1998 and have never had anyone try to hack my email or get my password. This is something you should forget about. Find something really serious to worry about!
Reply:Don't think of the internet in terms of real world geography.
While things like latency and traffic use can be determined by where the user is physically located, access to the internet, or to your 'email' is the same anywhere on Earth.
A 'hacker' does not need to be anywhere near you to obtain information. And that is what someone who steals your password would be, a "hacker."
However, there is another term that is used when regarding stolen computer related information. These people are called "Phreakers." To "phreak" means to physically obtain computer information in real life. For example, if two people enter a public library, one person distracts the desk clerk away from the desk, while the other gets onto the computer to obtain whatever information.
The odds of having your email password abused by either a 'hacker' or a 'phreaker' are considerably slim, but it's still possible.
To answer your question in short, yes it can be done.
If you have proper computer security at home, then using a public computer will make no difference, if your email is web based like Yahoo or Hotmail.
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