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