bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoELI5: Is browsing on 4g/5g networks less secure than on your own wifi?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareELI5: Is browsing on 4g/5g networks less secure than on your own wifi?bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months 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-up10·2 months 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