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 <[email protected]> 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 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
