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This seems like weird advice to give out. Sure, it's not as dangerous as it was... Or is it? All the tools are mature now. Documentation is rife. A seven year
by oliwarner 7y ago
This seems like weird advice to give out.
Sure, it's not as dangerous as it was... Or is it? All the tools are mature now. Documentation is rife. A seven year old with a Raspberry Pi can set up a hotspot and spike your DNS. This thread contains a litany of security papercuts across the whole stack. DNS, shitty apps, crappy server configs and sites that just don't care.
So yeah, it's no 1999. You're probably not getting your FTP password sniffed off a public network these days, but there are still plenty of reasons for me to use 4G or WireGuard instead of trustless networks.
Public Wi-Fi will remain firmly on my "list of things to worry about" until I can audit all traffic from my devices.