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birkoff9

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Q: Is using a Personal Hotspot with an iPhone comparable in being secure as a VPN?

If I connect a computer to a Iphone6, using AT&T hotspot, how secure is it. I've heard stories about wifi hacking, even on Gogo. I was wondering about VPNs and then thought maybe hotspots should be as secure.

Mackbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6), ApplTV, Iphone

Posted on Mar 6, 2016 1:27 PM

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by ckuan,

ckuan Mar 6, 2016 1:31 PM in response to birkoff9
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Mar 6, 2016 1:31 PM in response to birkoff9

They are 2 different things.
Hotspot is sharing iPhone cellular data to connect to the Internet.
From Wikipedia
VPN is created by establishing a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, virtual tunnelling protocols, or traffic encryption.
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by modular747,

modular747 Mar 6, 2016 1:34 PM in response to birkoff9
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Mar 6, 2016 1:34 PM in response to birkoff9

"AT&T Hotspot": you mean the personal hotspot provided by your iPhone using anAT&T cellular connection, right?

It's as secure as AT&T cellular data service is. The hotspot portion of the connection from your phone to computer is encrypted and password protected.
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