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There are many assumptions here. Personally I don't even remember when I connected to an open wifi, I believe some systems will prevent you from doing so. In an

There are many assumptions here. Personally I don't even remember when I connected to an open wifi, I believe some systems will prevent you from doing so. In any case, using HTTPS is indeed helpful in a hostile network when combined with HSTS, but if you have already connected to a network controlled by an attacker, this means they can not only sniff all your traffic, but already control your DNS and can easily find multiple ways to deliver the payload to you.

kelnos 5y ago
> Personally I don't even remember when I connected to an open wifi, I believe some systems will prevent you from doing so. If that's the case, you are absolutely not the average internet user. Plenty of people, most of them non-technical, will connect to the wifi of their local cafe, and spend many tens of minutes doing things on the internet while connected to it.