goombah99 writes "When on vacation sometimes I need to check my e-mail on a public terminal. What are techniques for avoiding key loggers? Here's some ideas that nominally work but have drawbacks. 1) Linux LiveCD can probably avoid software key loggers but requires an invasive takeover of the public terminal and thus generally not possible. 2) Kyps.net offers a free reverse proxy that will decode your password from a 1-time pad you carry around then enter it remotely. But of course you are giving them your passwords when you do this (yikes!). 3) You can run firefox off a usbstick with various plugins (e.g. RoboForm) that will autofill the page in some manner they claim to be invulnerable to key loggers. If that's true, and I can't evaluate its security, it's getting close to a solution. The problem here is keeping the password file up-to-date is mildly a nuisance. Moreover, since it will need to be a windows executable, it's not possible for people without a windows machine available to fill in their passwords ahead of time. 4) for my bussiness I have SecureID which makes 1-time passwords. Perhaps a perfect solution for bussinesses but not for personal accounts on things like gmail, etc..
So what solutions do you use, or how do you mitigate the defects of the above processes, particularly for people with mac or linux home computers?""
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