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title: "Open wifi safety-it still matters even with HTTPS"
summary: "Make sure to use a VPN on public Wi-Fi. Even though most sites have HTTPS, which prevents most attacks, a few are still possible. The two most common would be:\n\nMan in the Middle – which, contrary to popular belief, is not completely prevented by HTTPS.\n\nSession hijacking – which is basically stealing your cookies.\n\nI have had multiple friends already who have fallen specifically to session hijacking.\n\nSession hijacking is an especially scary attack as it is not prevented by using two-facto"
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# Open wifi safety-it still matters even with HTTPS

Make sure to use a VPN on public Wi-Fi. Even though most sites have HTTPS, which prevents most attacks, a few are still possible. The two most common would be:

Man in the Middle – which, contrary to popular belief, is not completely prevented by HTTPS.

Session hijacking – which is basically stealing your cookies.

I have had multiple friends already who have fallen specifically to session hijacking.

Session hijacking is an especially scary attack as it is not prevented by using two-factor authentication.

For some more in depth resources on these attack check out.

https://www.checkpoint.com/cyber-hub/cyber-security/what-is-a-man-in-the-middle-mitm-attack/

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