bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoELI5: Is browsing on 4g/5g networks less secure than on your own wifi?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareELI5: Is browsing on 4g/5g networks less secure than on your own wifi?bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 day agoAbout the same. Mobile networks have their own security problems that wifi doesn’t, but wifi has security problems that mobile networks don’t. Using a VPN does help secure your “last mile” connection but then you need to trust the VPN provider.
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoAt the end of the day Ken Thompson’s lecure Reflections on Trusting Trust applies
About the same.
Mobile networks have their own security problems that wifi doesn’t, but wifi has security problems that mobile networks don’t.
Using a VPN does help secure your “last mile” connection but then you need to trust the VPN provider.
At the end of the day Ken Thompson’s lecure Reflections on Trusting Trust applies