I use a VPN when connecting my phone to a public WiFi hotspot, and I've never had any trouble before today.?ÿ But this evening I ran into this when trying to connect to RPLS Today:
The misspelling made me wonder if my connection had been hijacked.?ÿ Is this a legit blacklist notice??ÿ Who runs the blacklist? I'm surprised my VPN vendor got caught in it, but in any case when I changed my origin IP from US West to US East the problem went away.
I'm over here wondering how does a VPN subscription protect you from hacks on a public wi-fi ? There's some research showing that's the critical spot.
Not that, that is what happened. Just thinking out loud
?ÿ
https://www.wired.com/story/krack-wi-fi-wpa2-vulnerability/
?ÿ
when I was using a VPN in the past from overseas, I was always blocked from RPLS by RPLS, saying the ip was on a blacklist. SO they were encouraging me to practice unsafe surfing.?ÿ
how does a VPN subscription protect you from hacks on a public wi-fi ?
It won't protect you from malicious websites, that's a matter the user has to address.?ÿ But because all traffic is encrypted, it prevents anyone from stealing sensitive information by intercepting your communications.?ÿ Passwords are my main concern.
?ÿ
?ÿ
when I was using a VPN in the past from overseas, I was always blocked from RPLS by RPLS, saying the ip was on a blacklist. SO they were encouraging me to practice unsafe surfing.?ÿ
Actually, allowing the use of a blacklisted IP would be encouraging unsafe surfing and could create a security risk for this website and all our users. That is why we block blacklisted IP addresses, emails and domains. If it can be shown that an IP address you are using to access the internet shouldn't be on the blacklist, then that is the responsibility of your service provider(s) to secure that IP address and keep it off the blacklist.
According to this:
http://blacklist.myip.ms/216.151.180.53
My IP is NOT on a blacklist, yet I'm blocked anyway. wadrwtf?
