Using a public Wi-Fi network is no longer as dangerous as it was a decade ago, as the mass adoption of the HTTPS protocol has made snooping on network communications more difficult.
This is the last message of Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), το οποίο εξηγεί ότι οι συμβουλές που υπήρχαν για αποφυγή χρήσης κάποιου δημόσιου Wi-Fi και τις προσκόλλησης σε networks with a password are no longer valid these days.
“This advice came from the early days of the Internet, when most communications were not encrypted. Back then, if someone could look into your network communications, they could read your email. They could also steal them codeof your access or login cookies to impersonate you on your favorite websites.”
But the rapid adoption of HTTPS has solved this shortcoming of public Wi-Fi networks, according to the EFF. 92% of websites in the United States today use protocol HTTPS, its use is constantly increasing in all other countries as well.
However, the EFF Foundation explains that HTTPS does not necessarily protect all of your data, as some information is still exposed when you connect to a public Wi-Fi hotspot trying to spy on you.
Information such as the domain name you open in your browser, the size of the files you download or upload are available to someone who monitors your communications, but on the other hand, login names, passwords and messages are fully protected.
"They could see this metadata, as the ISP could see it when you browse your home. "If it is not a risk for you, then you should not worry about using public Wi-Fi," says the EFF.
