8/4/2026 at 3:08:32 PM
by Brajeshwar
8/4/2026 at 4:57:09 PM
*eye roll* -linux guyby spottedmarley
8/4/2026 at 3:19:49 PM
“Microsoft recommends treating hotel and conference Wi-Fi as untrusted, using private cellular or managed connections whenever possible, and avoiding software updates or tools offered through captive portals.”This is good advice regardless of OS. Someone else’s DNS means phishing becomes a lot easier.
by JSR_FDED
8/4/2026 at 8:06:41 PM
This always seemed obvious to me until I listened to an episode of the Risky Business podcast and they seemed to be wholly against using VPNs in such a situation because modern wifi security is typically enough / there's no reason to fear public wifi anymore. Going so far as to call VPNs a scam in this context. I still never trusted public wifi for much of anything, but in the back of my mind I kept thinking those guys know more than me. I'm glad I still used my VPN with a kill switch despite their advice. Now I'm seriously considering a travel router.by ragequittah