Which one is best for security? Is TeamViewer safe? Or Windows Remote Desktop? They both are safe which depends on the information what the user sharing on the connection. If they use or share something simple with the internet, no need to worry about the security.
Remote desktop: It is not designed for the user. So, the user can’t use with “phone home” by using their Microsoft account. The user needs manual firewall tuning and static or dynamic IPs.
Teamviewer: It is a feature enrich software. TeamViewer offers so many facilities to the user within free of cost. The use of TeamViewer is very easy. The user can access their own system far away from home or office. Also, they access partners or friends computer by using TeamViewer’s remote access feature. Even, it let the users wake on LAN. So, the user can sleep a computer and wake up it back. As the software is very user-friendly, don’t need so many set up to use. Also, remote computer set up, connection and uses are pretty easy. Even, they can set up in advance without any Hassel, although no need advance setting.
Teamviewer is one of the most used software for remote access. Because of commitment of TeamViewer team to the users, it has huge demand worldwide. They update the security system continuously. As safety is most important in the internet, many cyber experts recommend TeamViewer for remote access.
Many users say, there are many brute force attacks to RDP which present a static point o attack. Its security system is very low and easy to breaking as it has no strong protection for username and password attempts.
But, TeamViewer does not have this type of attack because of its additional security breaches, authentication, and data encryption. If found something similar like this, multiple blocking levels of teamviewer block them. So, you don’t need to worry about your safety while using teamviewr.
Actually, the safety depends on how much safely you are using teamviewer or windows remote desktop. If you are very much concern about your security you should not expose your personal computer to the internet without strong security.