privacy, education
Public Wi‑Fi precautions
Lightweight checklist you can cite when teaching friends about hotspot risks — paired with sane VPN usage.
- Prefer networks you control or that use WPA3 / enterprise profiles.
- Treat captive portals like billboards—they can inject scripts until you authenticate.
- Turn on your VPN session after captive portal quirks settle; captive portals occasionally block VPN handshakes.
- Disable legacy file sharing/airdrop from strangers during travel hops.
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