nancy_king29•7d agoMost Upvoted

Serious question on WiFi security at coffee shops

I was at a Starbucks in downtown Austin yesterday. Noticed the free WiFi had no password at all. Just click and connect. That feels risky for people doing banking or work. Doesn't any coffee shop with open WiFi need a basic login page at least?

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iris_schmidt7d ago

Used to roll my eyes at VPNs, now I see the point.

iris_schmidt7d ago

Totally get that. Took me a while to come around too.

angela_morgan7d ago

Yeah @iris_schmidt, I was the same way. I used to think "what's the big deal, it's just coffee shop internet" until I watched a buddy pull up someone's bank info on open WiFi just to prove a point. That was the moment for me. Now I won't even check my email on a network without a VPN or at least a basic login screen.