Unsecured Wifi and banking

When I connect wirelessly to an unsecured AP like at Holiday Inn Express, am
I secure to do HTTPS banking transactions so long as I'm don't have sharing
on and a firewall active?

Thanks, Dave

Dave wrote:
> When I connect wirelessly to an unsecured AP like at Holiday Inn
> Express, am I secure to do HTTPS banking transactions so long as I'm
> don't have sharing on and a firewall active?
>
> Thanks, Dave

Sure, it's just as safe as doing it anywhere else. Anyone intercepting
the traffic between you and the AP will only see the encrypted packets
you and the remote site are exchanging, just as would any other
interloper between you and the site. Just make sure the site *is*
encrypted by looking for the lock icon before putting in anything sensitive.