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I'm currently sitting on a plane. gogo wifi can read all my email if they so chose (and pass to a government). I'll use a VPN.
by neom 7y ago
I'm currently sitting on a plane. gogo wifi can read all my email if they so chose (and pass to a government). I'll use a VPN.
- ceejayoz 7y agoAny major email provider at this point should have SSL enabled when you check your email.
- neom 7y agoShame they're (still) spoofing certs. https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/gogo-creates-fake-ssl-tls-certificates-so-it-can-block-video-streaming.html https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/gogo-creates-fake-ssl-t... https://www.zdnet.com/article/gogo-in-flight-wi-fi-serving-spoofed-ssl-certificates/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/gogo-in-flight-wi-fi-serving-s... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/04/at-feds-request-gogo-in-flight-wi-fi-service-added-more-spying-capabilities/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/04/at-feds-request-...
- ceejayoz 7y agoThe browser (as should your email client) appears to have rejected those certs.
- voxic11 7y agook, so they have been rejected. Now what? I still would like to read my email... which is where VPN's come in handy.
- _-___________-_ 7y agoI have had this situation in-flight a few times. I just used wireguard to a server I have. If I didn't already have that set up, I would have used an SSH+SOCKS tunnel to route around the damage. No need to send all my traffic to some shady VPN provider.
- ceejayoz 7y agoIf you're running your own VPN, fine. If you're using something like NordVPN, you're just swapping one shady outfit for another. Worse, in many cases. Might be better to just wait until you land.