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Who would connect to unknown person's hotspot? But it seems pretty trivial for some bad actor at local ISP.
by dbtablesorrows 8mo ago
Who would connect to unknown person's hotspot?
But it seems pretty trivial for some bad actor at local ISP.
- hpdigidrifter 8mo agoThis is oh sweet summer child stuff. Have you ever gone to a crowded public place and setup an open hotspot?
- dbtablesorrows 8mo agoAh I think I never had to do connect to a public open hotspot because by the time I grew up 4G and then 5G internet were commonplace.
- krater23 8mo agoAnd you have them in your laptop? Or just using your phone and don't own a laptop at all?
- ZiiS 8mo agoI would use my phone's 'hotspot' long before I tried random wifi on my laptop?
- zeendo 8mo agoAre you being willfully obtuse or do you actually believe that's true of everyone? There are so many reasons why someone might have a laptop in such a situation but not be able to use a hotspot on their phone - it's not even worth listing them.
- ZiiS 8mo agoThat isn't what this thread suggested; I was supporting plausibility of the GP's claim never to have used public Wifi because of good 4G; stating they could still have used a laptop in public. My wording was also explicit that this isn't always an option.
- account42 8mo agoNever travelled to another country and needed internet before you could get a local sim working?
- ZiiS 8mo agoesim for the win.
- hpdigidrifter 8mo agoAirport is prime for this but in general the average person keeps wifi on and the click through on an Android to use open networks is so seamless
- rtpg 8mo ago> Who would connect to unknown person's hotspot? SSID "Sydney Airport Wifi" or the like.
- dbtablesorrows 8mo agoYou're more [security minded](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/03/the_security_mi_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/03/the_security_...) than me