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What the hell Proton! (r.nf)

submitted 2 months ago by King@r.nf to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not even an expert in this stuff, but with a tool I found online I demonstrated that it was easy to snoop people's passwords on my school's wifi networks back in the day. It took minutes.

[–] 5dh@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That must’ve been quite a while ago

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean, yes, I'm in my 40s, but it's just as effective today.

[–] 5dh@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m sorry, but I don’t believe it is. Nearly all traffic is TLS. When this is attacked, you’d get TLS error. Am I missing something?

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

There exist plenty of services on school campuses that send passwords in plaintext. There are services outside of school campuses that do, too. Hell, I've been able to bypass 2FA checks by just navigating around them, I don't know what else to tell you, not everything out there uses the best security practices, so don't assume that they do.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago

I guarantee you it's not.