Re:Ask HN: Is Public WiFi Dangerous?
by znpy on Friday March 18, 2022 @03:57PM
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> When I was a kid (in the early 2000's) it was exceptionally easy to crack public wifi networks
But you're not a kid anymore and nowadays it's way harder to crack public wifi networks.
Fearmongering by VPN vendors is very real.
I wouldn't have a problem browsing my home banking on a public wifi network. Everything is tls-encrypted, my browser can do dns-over-https, and anything important (including the login) requires me to enter an one-time code from my non-smart token.
And by the way, on a public wifi you might be pray of the occasional wifi attacker where as if you're using a vpn from a vpn vendor you're by definition giving all your traffic to a company whose main specialty is networking, usually under the vague promise not to log your traffic.
Re:Ask HN: Is Public WiFi Dangerous?
by city41 on Friday March 18, 2022 @05:48PM
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Not sure why you're so downvoted. Everything you state is correct and the person you are responding to brought up completely irrelevant things. VPN companies really do use fear tactics to sell their products.
But you're not a kid anymore and nowadays it's way harder to crack public wifi networks.
Fearmongering by VPN vendors is very real.
I wouldn't have a problem browsing my home banking on a public wifi network. Everything is tls-encrypted, my browser can do dns-over-https, and anything important (including the login) requires me to enter an one-time code from my non-smart token.
And by the way, on a public wifi you might be pray of the occasional wifi attacker where as if you're using a vpn from a vpn vendor you're by definition giving all your traffic to a company whose main specialty is networking, usually under the vague promise not to log your traffic.