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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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      @gjacobse said in Security while Traveling -:

      @scottalanmiller said in Security while Traveling -:

      @kelly said in Security while Traveling -:

      The problem with public WiFi is not the attacks that your device is subjected to, but the vulnerability of the packets as they traverse the unknown AP. Aside from the basics I spend more time and energy securing that traffic because the modern OS with no public services is fairly secure. Most attackers will go after the low hanging fruit, and that is the internet bound traffic.

      Right, it's an outbound concern, rather than an inbound one.

      If it's an "outbound" issue,.. then two things will protect your device.

      • Don't connect it
      • Don't turn it on

      Along with loads of other protections like using HTTPS, only using sites with accepted certificates, etc. It's not the big issue that people pretend that it is.

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        DarienA
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        Annoyingly I just discovered the mobile device VPN I use ExpressVPN doesn't have a kill switch for the Android version of the app... grrrr. Support says its coming but now I'll have to shop for another service... and I liked ExpressVPN too..

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          Alex Sage @DarienA
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          @dariena Why not just setup your own?

          https://github.com/angristan/openvpn-install

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          • NerdyDadN
            NerdyDad
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            On my android device, for untrusted APs, I typically use Orbot for the combination of VPN and Tor. I typically don't run it all of the time though.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch
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              I don't give a shit.

              My email is all TLS based. I don't open banking apps on random wifi. Granted I trust them to be using TLS because, hello lawsuit, if not. But I still don't use them.

              Anything else I do is chat, all using TLS, but it is public anyway, so the history is obtainable. And then web browsing. Well, jsut don't sign up or enter creds to stuff.

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                DarienA @Alex Sage
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                @aaronstuder #lazy? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                  @JaredBusch said in Security while Traveling -:

                  I don't give a shit.

                  My email is all TLS based. I don't open banking apps on random wifi. Granted I trust them to be using TLS because, hello lawsuit, if not. But I still don't use them.

                  Anything else I do is chat, all using TLS, but it is public anyway, so the history is obtainable. And then web browsing. Well, jsut don't sign up or enter creds to stuff.

                  This is how I feel. No reason not to use public WiFi today. Just make sure your pages are HTTPS when using creds and you should be fine.

                  If the WiFi antenna is disabled, then you aren't subject to any attacks.

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                  • BRRABillB
                    BRRABill
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                    I've often wondered about my phone.

                    I need my Hay Day activity to be discrete.

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                    • gjacobseG
                      gjacobse
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                      So my brother sends me this:

                      GL-iNet Mini Travel Router/Repeater OpenVPN Client; OpenWRT

                      https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5157YwcDmgL.SL1000.jpg

                      https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71WnAQYwb5L.SL1500.jpg

                      Could something like this or similar be supplemental?

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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                        @gjacobse said in Security while Traveling -:

                        Could something like this or similar be supplemental?

                        Seems pretty silly.

                        So here is the question....

                        1. What threat do you perceive there being?
                        2. How do you feel this device addresses that thread?

                        I don't really see any threat in the first place, and so that makes it extra hard to know how to assuage your fears. But how this device is supposed to help, I'm really unsure.

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