▲ 676 ▼ Usually connect to Walmart's WiFi but they changed their policy I guess, won't be doing that now... (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 224 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Well im just saying thats what https is for but there's nothing wrong with extra security permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So if https is all that's needed, why do VPNs recommend using them at public locations? Just false advertising? I click on my bank app and it always wants a password and I guess I don't know enough about network engineering. I'm interested in Android Development but don't know much about WiFi I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Marketing mostly. The vpn makes an encrypted tunnel that you're traffic goes thru. If using https and vpn there are 2 layers of encryption. It's not false advertising bc an extra layer doesn't hurt. Now if your sending password over http it would help but you shouldnt be using a site that sends passwords over plaintext. I would say vpn is mostly to either hide your ip from websites or to hide internet activity from your isp permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So more for privacy than security, so it would make sense to use a VPN depending on your threat model I suppose, or how much you care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Yeah it's more for privacy. Still you can just have it always on and it really wont cause many issues except for sites that block vpns. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So if https is all that's needed, why do VPNs recommend using them at public locations? Just false advertising? I click on my bank app and it always wants a password and I guess I don't know enough about network engineering. I'm interested in Android Development but don't know much about WiFi I guess. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Marketing mostly. The vpn makes an encrypted tunnel that you're traffic goes thru. If using https and vpn there are 2 layers of encryption. It's not false advertising bc an extra layer doesn't hurt. Now if your sending password over http it would help but you shouldnt be using a site that sends passwords over plaintext. I would say vpn is mostly to either hide your ip from websites or to hide internet activity from your isp permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So more for privacy than security, so it would make sense to use a VPN depending on your threat model I suppose, or how much you care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Yeah it's more for privacy. Still you can just have it always on and it really wont cause many issues except for sites that block vpns. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Marketing mostly. The vpn makes an encrypted tunnel that you're traffic goes thru. If using https and vpn there are 2 layers of encryption. It's not false advertising bc an extra layer doesn't hurt. Now if your sending password over http it would help but you shouldnt be using a site that sends passwords over plaintext. I would say vpn is mostly to either hide your ip from websites or to hide internet activity from your isp permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So more for privacy than security, so it would make sense to use a VPN depending on your threat model I suppose, or how much you care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Yeah it's more for privacy. Still you can just have it always on and it really wont cause many issues except for sites that block vpns. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) So more for privacy than security, so it would make sense to use a VPN depending on your threat model I suppose, or how much you care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Yeah it's more for privacy. Still you can just have it always on and it really wont cause many issues except for sites that block vpns. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neosheo@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago Yeah it's more for privacy. Still you can just have it always on and it really wont cause many issues except for sites that block vpns. permalink fedilink source parent
