Kid@sh.itjust.worksM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoPolice allege ‘evil twin’ in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal infowww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkPolice allege ‘evil twin’ in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal infowww.theregister.comKid@sh.itjust.worksM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThis wouldn’t work. Your VPN would fail to connect because the attacker wouldn’t have the right encryption key. The only way to successfully mimic the VPN provider would be to be there the first time the user installed the VPN software.
This wouldn’t work. Your VPN would fail to connect because the attacker wouldn’t have the right encryption key. The only way to successfully mimic the VPN provider would be to be there the first time the user installed the VPN software.