What Can Public Wi-Fi See?

[dav]

A question that's popped up since I'm going to be relying on this for the next few days, when using public wi-fi with a password, like you'd get at a hotel what can them holding it see exactly? Aside from the URL and so on, if I'm writing an e-mail, they can see that I'm on gmail/hotmail/etc., but not the actual message? Same for chat functions and messages sent there, right?

[Banjo Is Broken]

We can see the type of porn that you're watching.....

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[dav]

May 11, 2022 1:58:00 GMT -5 Banjo Is Broken said:

We can see the type of porn that you're watching.....

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Considering I haven't been on any throughout this, that is concerning.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

If they all snicker behind your back, they totally know you still have a Hotmail address or watch weird porn.

Nobody is looking. Nobody cares. Unless you’re churning through data at an alarming rate or running guns through an unsecured network.

It’s not like their pouring over what the guy in Room 310 is doing.

[J. Hova]

Speaking as an IT professional for the past 17 years and 9 years as a network engineer, you should always been using a VPN or VDI type solution if for work and I'd highly recommend a VPN for personal use (i.e. NordVPN) if doing anything involving anything that can be personably identifiable to you (i.e. banking, social security, etc.). At the very least, use an incognito tab.

[ayumidah]

May 11, 2022 18:31:33 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

If they all snicker behind your back, they totally know you still have a Hotmail address

oh thank god, I thought they were snickering about something else.

[Sam Punk]

I did not know that.