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Is it safer to use the ipad vs. the computer for paying bills using Wi-Fi?

Is it safe to use an ipad at home within their secured Wi-Fi network to pay bills on the internet vs a regular computer or laptop. I thought I had heard that its more difficult for hackers to hack into apple devices vs regular pcs.

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Posted on Jan 23, 2014 7:24 AM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2014 7:28 AM

The security if the network is more important than the device type.


If you are on your own private WPA-secured wireless that has a long/scrambled password, you are much safer than accessing finances on BurgerKing's wifi.

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Jan 23, 2014 7:59 AM in response to Techmonster82

For anyone using a private WiFi (with adequate security), there isn't much difference in terms of the actual transmission. The iOS device is probably more secure from malware or other similar intrusion that a windows machine, so from that standpoint, the statement is probably true. But as Steve points out, the real weak link in this is the actual network.

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