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#1 2009-07-30 8:55 am
- Skideezie
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Laptop Security on Travel
When I log on to WiFi at the airport or hotel I see a bunch of laptops in the Finder under shared.
In one case I recognized a person's laptop that was staying at a different hotel down the street.
How do I keep others from seeing my lapttop "Eddie's Macbook" from showing up like others do?
Thanks,
Eddie Skideezie
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#2 2009-07-30 9:07 am
Re: Laptop Security on Travel
If your on a public network, there is nothing you can do to stop yourself from showing up as being on that network. (Unless you hack the OS to disable Bonjour which I don't recommend) You shouldn't worry about it if you have guest sharing turned off.
With sharing turned on
With sharing turned off
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#3 2009-07-30 9:14 am
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Re: Laptop Security on Travel
Skideezie wrote:
In one case I recognized a person's laptop that was staying at a different hotel down the street.
This has me intrigued
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#4 2009-08-03 12:15 am
- Skideezie
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Re: Laptop Security on Travel
Aaron,
Thanks for the info. How do I turn Guest Sharing off?
Eddie Skideezie
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#5 2009-08-03 1:49 am
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Re: Laptop Security on Travel
System Preferences
Sharing
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