alt Hacker News>So there is no way to tell if it is the real Starbucks WiFi or a hotspot some dude started on their laptop.
Aka "unknown" or "public" Network....don't do that.
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TekMol • last Thursday at 12:26 PM
You don't use public networks?
And when you connect to a non-public WiFi for the first time - how do you make sure it is the WiFi you think it is and not some dude who spun up a hotspot on their laptop?
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There is nothing wrong with using public networks. It's not 2010 anymore. Your operating system is expected to be fully secure[1] even when malicious actors are present in your local network.
[1] except availability, we still can't get it right in setups used by regular people.