Don’t Try To Claim That Public Wi-Fi Is “Inherently Insecure”
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]>
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NordVPN has been told off by the UK Advertising Standards Authority
about its misleading claims on the security of public wi-fi
<https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/01/nordvpn_tv_ad_rapped_advertising_standards_authority/>:
Justifying its claims, NordVPN told the ASA that HTTPS encryption
of webpages "did not mean the site was legitimate, nor was it any
proof that the site had been security-hardened against intrusion
from hackers".
Yes, HTTPS encryption *is* supposed to mean that the site is
legitimate. As for whether the site is security-hardened, it’s
going to be just as insecure whether you access it via a VPN or not,
isn’t it?
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