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Any idea if they're layering any additional security onto the unsecured WiFi connections it seems to prefer? (attwifi, xfinitywifi, etc. are all unencrypted, an
by machrider 11y ago
Any idea if they're layering any additional security onto the unsecured WiFi connections it seems to prefer? (attwifi, xfinitywifi, etc. are all unencrypted, and I personally only use them in very limited ways for that reason.)
- LeoPanthera 11y agoI thought recent versions of Android automatically activated "Google VPN" on open wifi.
- mentat 11y agoIf you explicitly configure them, it doesn't appear to for "LTE data". It has an autodiscover mode that will open a VPN before using wifi for LTE data.
- kkielhofner 11y agoVoLTE over IP implementations typically establish an IPSEC VPN back to the operator network, authenticated using the SIM with EAP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Authentication_Protocol#EAP-SIM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Authentication_Prot...
- machrider 11y agoThat makes sense. I'm also curious about data though. Unless they tunnel all your traffic through a VPN, you just have to hope your apps and web sites are using https correctly. (And if they did tunnel all traffic through Google servers, it would raise a different set of concerns...)