Some users are scared of using an open (no password) wireless community
network. They have heard terrible things about it: If they surf the
Internet without WPA2, their soul might burn in Hell.
I guess the most likely attack we could suffer is some kind of Person In
The Middle attack. I am trying to make a very easy list of
recommendations to make users feel (and be) safer in an open wireless
network. Many of them will use the network through mobile devices,
mostly Android.
I can think of using:
- HTTPS-Everywhere add-on (I think Firefox now does not need that
anymore, but not sure about Android)
- Some DNS protection (I don't know much about the DNSsec, DNScrypt,
DoT, etc. Maybe the easiest solution would be to simply configure a
trusted DoH address in Firefox if they use a recent version of Firefox?
I mean on desktops. I don't know if that is possible or easy on Android.
- Tor
- a VPN
Any comment or any other recommendation is welcome!