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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1119797" data-attributes="member: 114717">They don&#039;t typically attempt to hack into your computer, send malicious emails, or try to get malware onto a victim&#039;s system. Direct attacks on Guest network connected devices are not very productive. Therefore, not the attack of choice. A direct attack is on the tinfoil hat fringe section of the attack bell curve.The threat actors hack into the Guest network (typically targeting the router) and configure themselves as Man-in-the-Middle. They might scan for open ports and look for weaknesses, but what they are after are credentials that they can use, especially in replay attacks.Although there is a small incidence of direct attacks. I suppose if one is paranoid about them then they harden their systems. I get it. However, it calls into question &quot;Why do people take their mobile devices and do stuff online with valuable infos at Starbucks and use its network in the first place?&quot;Easy enough to resolve, use your mobile phone as a cellular network hotspot. If you have to purchase more data then is the peace-of-mind it provides worth it? Or just risk gamble and use fully unsecured and insecure public Wifi?Plus, 5 to 15 Euro for various Starbucks drinks should be adequate to deter people from going there, but it is astonishing that there are soooo many people that have a 600 and higher Euro per month Starbucks habit. Those people, are not rich. Not even well off. Just a few are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1119797, member: 114717"] They don't typically attempt to hack into your computer, send malicious emails, or try to get malware onto a victim's system. Direct attacks on Guest network connected devices are not very productive. Therefore, not the attack of choice. A direct attack is on the tinfoil hat fringe section of the attack bell curve. The threat actors hack into the Guest network (typically targeting the router) and configure themselves as Man-in-the-Middle. They might scan for open ports and look for weaknesses, but what they are after are credentials that they can use, especially in replay attacks. Although there is a small incidence of direct attacks. I suppose if one is paranoid about them then they harden their systems. I get it. However, it calls into question "Why do people take their mobile devices and do stuff online with valuable infos at Starbucks and use its network in the first place?" Easy enough to resolve, use your mobile phone as a cellular network hotspot. If you have to purchase more data then is the peace-of-mind it provides worth it? Or just risk gamble and use fully unsecured and insecure public Wifi? Plus, 5 to 15 Euro for various Starbucks drinks should be adequate to deter people from going there, but it is astonishing that there are soooo many people that have a 600 and higher Euro per month Starbucks habit. Those people, are not rich. Not even well off. Just a few are. [/QUOTE]

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