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Any wifi other than yours, or your company's is huge security risk. I would not trust a second for a service like this.

by hasa 8y ago

alexchamberlain 8y ago
Would you care to elaborate what those risks are? The internet is rather bigger than the WiFi network you connect to.
- hasa 8y ago
  Do I need to explain risks using foreign local networks in HN ? I see it quite unfair to get a downvote for this.
  - ericpauley 8y ago
    Yes. Having a properly secured laptop on public wifi is no different than having a server on the public internet. It's not difficult to reason about the threat model here, and operating systems are fully capable of rejecting potentially harmful traffic.
    - zerkten 8y ago
      Rejecting harmful traffic is only one of the threats. There are many other attacks that can be conducted when you control the network and DNS. Only security-conscious users think of ways to counter those threats.
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  - gsich 8y ago
    You do.
  - jasonlotito 8y ago
    > Do I need to explain risks using foreign local networks in HN ? Do I really need to explain how not everyone knows everything? HN is made up of many people with many different skill sets. While you might put emphasis and assign an ideal to the "Hacker" in Hacker News, you are ignoring the large audience of people here that come here from different backgrounds and offer different view points. You also ignore what knowledge people may or may not have. Not everyone understands network security where such things are obvious. > I see it quite unfair to get a downvote for this. Do I need to explain why complaining about unfairness of downvotes will get you downvotes? Rather than whine about how smarter people than you might not know something you do, you could take the time to share knowledge rather than come off as a member of "r/iamverysmart".
Asooka 8y ago
Why would I trust my company's wi-fi?
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
  Or your own, for that matter?

Any wifi other than yours, or your company's is huge security risk. I would not trust a second for a service like this.

by hasa 8y ago

Any wifi other than yours, or your company's is huge security risk. I would not trust a second for a service like this.

alexchamberlain 8y ago

Would you care to elaborate what those risks are? The internet is rather bigger than the WiFi network you connect to.

hasa 8y ago
Do I need to explain risks using foreign local networks in HN ? I see it quite unfair to get a downvote for this.
- ericpauley 8y ago
  Yes. Having a properly secured laptop on public wifi is no different than having a server on the public internet. It's not difficult to reason about the threat model here, and operating systems are fully capable of rejecting potentially harmful traffic.
  - zerkten 8y ago
    Rejecting harmful traffic is only one of the threats. There are many other attacks that can be conducted when you control the network and DNS. Only security-conscious users think of ways to counter those threats.
- deleted 8y ago
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- gsich 8y ago
  You do.
- jasonlotito 8y ago
  > Do I need to explain risks using foreign local networks in HN ? Do I really need to explain how not everyone knows everything? HN is made up of many people with many different skill sets. While you might put emphasis and assign an ideal to the "Hacker" in Hacker News, you are ignoring the large audience of people here that come here from different backgrounds and offer different view points. You also ignore what knowledge people may or may not have. Not everyone understands network security where such things are obvious. > I see it quite unfair to get a downvote for this. Do I need to explain why complaining about unfairness of downvotes will get you downvotes? Rather than whine about how smarter people than you might not know something you do, you could take the time to share knowledge rather than come off as a member of "r/iamverysmart".

Asooka 8y ago

Why would I trust my company's wi-fi?

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
Or your own, for that matter?