Ask HN: Is Public WiFi Dangerous?
Do not use anything on public WiFi unless the security patches are current.<p>Android [can] have better defenses than a Windows laptop:<p>- Android has MAC randomization.<p>- The Bromite fork of Chrome has DNS-over-HTTPS options in settings (I think Chrome requires a command line option to configure DoH, but I don&#x27;t use Chrome so I&#x27;m not sure). ISPs <i>hate</i> DoH. Be aware that non-browser apps will use regular DNS. Some public WiFi blocks DoH (I&#x27;m configured for OpenDNS), so be ready to fall back to another browser using regular DNS.<p>- Bromite has an option to always check for https - enable it.<p>- Tor Browser is a bit easier to get on Android.<p>- SMTP has an opportunistic TLS exchange that can be thwarted, so I wouldn&#x27;t use it.<p>- For me, I would wipe the stock OS off the device and run Lineage de-Googled.