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I've never used public Wi-Fi, and don't see why one would really want to, if they have a data plan. If you don't watch videos outside, 2-4GB suffices monthly (
by gkya 9y ago
I've never used public Wi-Fi, and don't see why one would really want to, if they have a data plan. If you don't watch videos outside, 2-4GB suffices monthly (2GB monthly costs me ŧ27/~$6, with an educational discount, and I've never used it all up). If you do video conferences outside, you probably would have the income to buy a larger data plan. It's just not worth the risk. Maybe things like Facebook consume people's data plans quickly so that they're always looking to find free wifi?
- autotune 9y agoIf you work remote just doing things like using ssh, browsing web pages, and using Spotify and the occasional YouTube vid can eat up more than 10 GB a month. It's not hard to set up an OpenVPN server in AWS along with LetsEncrypt and have a custom VPN to use to browse securely over public wifi. Now as for speed and whether they block vpn ports or other ports needed to do your job, is where I draw the line for pub wifi usage... actually probably wouldn't use at DEF CON as well.