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>Gp talks from a perspective of authority. That's pretty much every poster on HN, TBH.
by AussieWog93 5y ago
>Gp talks from a perspective of authority.
That's pretty much every poster on HN, TBH.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoYes, but in most cases the advice isn’t potentially catastrophically bad.
- AussieWog93 5y agoIs it, though? What is the worst thing that would reasonably affect an average person using public WiFi? I would suspect both the most common and the most harmful "cyberattack" that would occur in cafes and shopping centres is someone snatching your laptop and running away as fast as they can.
- hsbauauvhabzb 5y agoLook up SMB credential capture and NetBIOS poisoning. It’s a trivial attack that has substantial impact. With control of DHCP other attacks are also possible.