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Re:Advice to avoid public Wi-Fi is mostly out of date by ceejayoz on Thursday January 30, 2020 @11:04AM (#22192357)
This comments thread literally starts with someone who discovered their bank's app wasn't validating the certificate, though.
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Re:Advice to avoid public Wi-Fi is mostly out of date by lukewink on Thursday January 30, 2020 @11:23AM (#22192542)
In that case it wouldn't be safe to use the app on a private network either.
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Re:Advice to avoid public Wi-Fi is mostly out of date by JohnFen on Thursday January 30, 2020 @12:35PM (#22193326)
True, but doing so on a private network would still be a whole lot safer than on an open AP.
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