Data thieves want to track what you type at hotel business centers

26 Jul 2014 • engadget.com

You may not want to use your hotel’s business center to check email on your next big trip. The Secret Service has warned the hospitality business that thieves are installing keyloggers on hotel PCs to steal guests’ data. In a recent Dallas area bust, authorities caught multiple people swiping account logins, banking info and other personal details from travelers typing away at compromised business center systems.

I always wondered if I was paranoid for never logging into websites on the shared office computer at our apartment complex. (I don’t have a printer at home.) Sounds like my paranoia is somewhat justified. I guess I’ll now extend that paranoia to hotel business centers also - though I’ve never really had a reason to use one.

Seems like the only true safe thing is using your own hardware and software that you can vouch that no one has tampered with.