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Re:Google is working on a new VPN service for use on open Wi... by chrisdhal on Friday March 13, 2015 @04:31PM (#9199835)
The Coffee Shop itself? Low. Other people in the coffee shop? High

Airport itself? Low Other people in the airport? High

It's not necessarily the place itself, but anywhere there's open (or easy to get) WiFi, the chance of nefarious users increases dramatically.

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Re:Google is working on a new VPN service for use on open Wi... by MichaelGG on Friday March 13, 2015 @05:01PM (#9200009)
> Other people in the coffee shop? High

Citation needed. I get that it's trivial to actually do, but do you have any studies that show that a lot/any WiFi is being sniffed and/or MiTM'd? The most I've seen is airports and so on tracking people via MAC addresses or the WiFi AP names they request.

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