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The dangers of public Wi-Fi — the real risk isn't 'sniffing,' it's evil twins and ignored cert warnings

Public-Wi-Fi 'sniffing' is mostly mitigated by HTTPS and is lower priority now. The real risks are (1) connecting to an evil-twin fake AP yourself, (2) ignoring certificate warnings, and (3) exposing your device on the shared network. The strongest fix is surprisingly simple — use your phone's tethering, trust HTTPS and cert warnings, and don't auto-join unknown SSIDs. A VPN is the next layer.