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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

If i get this right, that attack only works before the tunnel is initiated (i.e. traffic encrypted), if the hosts is compromised, right? No danger from untrusted points inbetween, right?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

No, it works at any point and the local network needs to be compromised (untrusted), the host can be secure.

So it is likely not an issue at your home unless you have weak Wi-Fi password. But on any public/untrusted Wi-Fi, it is an issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, and also is fine if you're using a cell hotspot.

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