What methods and/or tools do you employ to stay safe while using the internet from a public wifi connection?
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What methods and/or tools do you employ to stay safe while using the internet from a public wifi connection?
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My router offers a VPN service out of the box, so I connect there any time I'm in an untrusted wifi. Super handy when travelling with limited roaming-data.
Do you mean a VPN Service hosted on your router?
Mine also, but I don't enable that because then that it's counted as incoming and outgoing traffic by my internet provider and discounted from my monthly quote.
Yeah, exactly. I'm in the lucky situation to have uncapped giga up/down so this works fine for me.
VPN. For work, we have one by default and if I'm at a café working on open source or anything else on my personal devices, I use a VPN as well. Currently I'm using NordVPN.
Having said that, 2019-10-21: NordVPN confirms it was hacked | TechCrunch, so I may need to look for a new VPN. 🤔 Suggestions welcome
Hello ! I already tested Mullvad VPN and i like it! It's 5$ per month.
Very easy to use.
You can pay with Paypal, credit card, Bitcoin and more !
I currently use PIA (Private Internet Access) but once my subscription is expired I will probably switch to Cloudflare Warp, unfortunately it seems that they only support mobile.
Possibly not your thing, however I run my own VPN server in Azure using tinc and/or plain ssh tunnelling (SOCKS) on a small Debian VM.
I also ensure my browser forwards DNS lookups over SOCKS if I'm using that protocol, and my VM relies on Azure DNS - I could run my own dnsmasq based full DNS but meh.. at least it's out of the grasp of the local hotel / Cafe full of sniffers, etc.
Sure, happy to help :)
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I hope that helps
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Firewall. ProtonVPN, if there's any concerns. HTTPS Everywhere plugin. I also override my DNS by default.
Do you use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 or Google DNSes or something else?
I use 1.1.1.1. I don't trust Google any further than I can pitch their server farm.
VPN. Although, nothing is 100% safe, but definitely makes it a bit better.
Possibly stupid question: Is this still a problem with https?
There should "only" be metadata visible to the provider and potential adversaries or am I missing something here?
There are many services that your pc might be using. Not just https.
For example.... One email client, a chat service, or any other app that uses a protocol different from http / https.
Ah, of course. I just thought about web browsing...
Thanks :)
I know what TLDs are, but the rest I got kind of lost. Is this just running your own DNS server?
I use 1.1.1.1
1.1.1.1 is not a true VPN, only encrypts your DNS requests not the traffic itself.
Agreed. It doesn't hide the location, but 1.1.1.1 + Warp improves security.
I have some reservations about Warp+, spending $4.99 to improve speed which several benchmarks show it actually doesn't improve the speed of your connection.
Agreed on the improved security bit.
I agree again for the pricing part. But Warp+ improves the speed by avoiding internet traffic jams.
I am following a very plain solution, which is I use keepsolid VPN to access any Wi-Fi point.
I know this is a bit insane but I use it even on my Wi-Fi good because I don't trust myself :P but to make sure I will not forget to enable it when I really need it
I use OpenVPN.
I've a docker image with tor[1][2] that I run locally and connect to it as SOCKS5 proxy and route all my HTTP/S traffic through it.
For SSH access, I use ProtonVPN and work VPN.
I use NordVPN, Proton VPN or Mullvad with auto connect enabled on wifi connections. With DNS set to use CloudFlares 1.1.1.1 for DoHttps
I also have "Little Snitch" installed on my Mac that notifies me of every outbound connection including MacOS Firewall.
Apart from using a VPN, what you guys are talking about sounds like an alien language to me.
Is all that something everyone should learn to do or do you consider yourselves kind of extra-snowden-like-concerned-about-security because the CIA is trying to catch you? 😊
My recent research drove me to virtual machine with parrot os.
Stndard security/anonymity practices included.
I don't use public wifi
Same here.
It's usually slow or can't connect, needs login so you have to go get a password from some desk or something, need to agree to some weird terms to use. Unsafe on top of all that. In the age of LTE, why bother?
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