Privacy on Public WiFi

[Aaron Jones]

Use a Raspberry Pi as a middle man and a reliable VPN. No cost for the library and 20x safer for you. 

Don’t plug stuff into your ports. 

> On Jun 9, 2019, at 9:13 PM, trent shipley <trent.shipley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A while ago I was at the downtown Scottsdale public library with my computer.  They had open, public WiFi--which I was NOT going to use.  I tried to use my mobile phone data, but the reception inside the building was Terrible!
> 
> It seems like the problem of insecure public WiFi should be surmountable.
> 
> How hard would it be do develop technology that puts a key on a $1 or $2 USB, that you buy (put a deposit on) at the reception desk (or from a machine).  You also get an FOSS app.  The app takes the key on the cheap USB and securely logs you into the library's (or Starbucks) public WiFi.  The library determines how long the key(s) on the USB is (are) good for.  
> 
> When you're done.  You turn the little USB in for your deposit.  The library wipes the usb clean, puts another key on the usb, and vends it again.
> 
> 1) Does this exist at "trivial" cost to the WiFi user?
> 2) If not, how feasible is it?
> 3) If it does not exist, and is feasible, who would be interested in this as a project with a goal of a demo install at a local library, non-profit coffee house, etc. and RFC?
> 
> Trent
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