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Other Even if you have unlimited should you use public wifi if it is any good ?
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I try to avoid public wifi and if I have to use it I'll make sure my VPN is on.
I say it depends on what data you are sending over the Wi-Fi connection. If you are looking at stuff that is available to the public anyway, such as YouTube videos or Mac rumor website forum posts, then the risk is minimal. But I wouldn't ever do anything that involves financial services, confidential information, or highly personal interactions over a Wi-Fi network that I do not personally operate.
I wouldn't recommend public WiFi without a VPN regardless of the situation.
It depends on your level of security concern. Malware and other viruses can still be injected into web traffic that has gone through a VPN. The VPN will encrypt what your phone sends out, but it can’t block what comes back in. If your primary concern is keeping the web traffic that is occurring on that connection secure, you’d be fine if you just used a VPN. If you’re worried about actual security of your device, including all the content already on your device, don’t connect to a public network
Unfortunately that could be somewhat vague and not the most sound advice without considering:
Apps running in thebe background or vOIP apps that continuously runs in the background (app background refresh enabled), past 10 mins.
One needs to consider ALL apps running in the background and ALL first party apps like Notes - which for many contains a boatload of passwords! Google apps and others that sync data preferably/by-default over Wi-Fi again of no VPN and hats secure and reliable and reputable these need to be considered
Actually one shouldn’t be only focusing on their level of security concern.
Think of it like criminal law. Ignorance is not an excuse to committing a crime. Meaning just cause you don’t know an act or lack of action (rare) is a crime doesn’t mean you didn’t comity a crime cause you honestly didn’t know. In translation regardless of your security knowledge or concern one should default to highest security and then dial back from there.
1. Helps a person to fully be secure while understanding any limits or benefits. As they lower or adjust the understanding of doing so is much more apparent and insightful for there own self and their much more inclined to learn more and move accordingly.
Think of your personal data like evidence to a crime or as $$ monetary value you’ve earned and nOt want to loose. Trust me thinking either way immediately translates your action in a more thoughtful move vs thinking privacy is something like Mood or cattle love play. )