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Re: Free WiFi and Security Risks
by
DeepuEzy
on 12/07/2019, 21:00:32 UTC
I have been reading about the security experts recommending not to charge phones at USB stations: https://kfor.com/2019/07/02/security-experts-warn-against-wifi-cell-phone-charging-stations/

Not only that, stations providing free WiFi will be tracking users at every stop. It shows how much insecure we are. I have started accumulating some resources about WiFi security to make a complete list here: https://infosec.hatenablog.com/

Any additional resources will be appreciated. Thanks  Smiley

The Public Wifi is meant to be used for emergency purposes or you can use it when you are just doing some usual browsing stuff..

It's better to always avoid any public wifi for any confidential transaction including banking, email id etc.

Nowadays everyone has a good internet speed via. Mobile Data, i think majority users in most of the countries use that only, may-be sometime you are low on Mobile Data or no network access, in such scenario you could use the Public Wifi.

Also, Public Wifi won't give you a good amount of speed, as majority of the times they are restricted with speed based on each connected user, so a person can hardly download anything or stream video in HD Quality. It's primarily meant for the basic browsing usage only.
Rest depends upon country to country..

Anyways, just had a look at your blog, it's nice..

PS: Looks like this Hatena Blog is a Japanese based blog service provider ?