Safe to download and play poker in computer lab?

[wporter]

i am currently in class in a computer lab. would it be safe to download AP and play in the lab? thanks.

[BradleyT]

Eh, no.

[wporter]

what i figured, but thought no harm in asking.

[BradleyT]

If someone savvy sees you playing they could install software on that computer to log your keystrokes and gain your password next time you want to play.

Semi-slim chance of that happening but it could happen, not really worth the risk.

[Siegmund]

Also be alert to what the specific rules about use of the computer labs are at your institution. (At the one where I work, one of the conditions you agree to when the university gives you free internet access is that you will not use it for personal financial gain of any kind.) I would be considerably more worried about being cut off from the computer lab, which you need access to for your course, than about a spy stealing your password.

[pr0crast]

Whatever, just use VNC and have your password saved on your home computer. If you don't want to type in your VNC password on the public computer, use a USB password key (i.e. roboform).

But really, don't play in labs unless you are a gambling addict. Don't you have other things to do?

[MicroBob]

bring your own laptop.
problem solved.

[ChexNFX]

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Whatever, just use VNC and have your password saved on your home computer. If you don't want to type in your VNC password on the public computer, use a USB password key (i.e. roboform).

But really, don't play in labs unless you are a gambling addict. Don't you have other things to do?

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Obviously the addict criteria are met, and the answer to your question is no.