The Eff Says Public Wifi Isn't So Bad Any More

The decade-old warning to stay off public WIFI systems is no longer valid. EFF: There are still a few small information leaks: HTTPS protects the content of your communications, but not the metadata. So when you visit HTTPS sites, anyone along the communication path—from your ISP to the Internet backbone provider to the site’s hosting provider—can see their domain names (e.g.

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