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If you have HTTPs everywhere on, how much harm can a malicious wifi network do? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I kinda don't trust my home network because my brother is douche and I feel like he's gonna do some weird things with the connection, so I prefer to juse use my phone's data (unlimited data plan) to avoid any shenanigans. Hypothetically, how much harm can an evil wifi do?

Does using HTTPS avoid all risks? What about evey program on your computer or every app on your phone, do they also have HTTPS everywhere on? (I use Android btw)

How much could a VPN do better that HTTPS cant?

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As others have mentioned, DNS is probably your worst enemy. It doesn't take much technical knowledge to just create a DNS server and start logging all domains you're accessing. Say, to tell mom how often you're browsing porn or something.

Manually configuring DNS servers in your OS would resolve this issue, but also using VPN like mullivad would just bypass such worries with 99% certainty.

Or just keep using mobile data, because why not

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or just keep using mobile data

That merely moves it to the carrier knowing, though, right?

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Nope, but OP mentioned in the post that they're sketched off from their brother who's in control of the home network