jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoNovel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purposearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1490arrow-down17cross-posted to: saugumas@group.lthackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanssecurityprotonprivacy@lemmy.worldprivacytechnology
arrow-up1483arrow-down1external-linkNovel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purposearstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square127fedilinkcross-posted to: saugumas@group.lthackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanssecurityprotonprivacy@lemmy.worldprivacytechnology
minus-squareDoubletwist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·7 months agoThe problem isn’t them being in you LAN. It’s about going to an untrusted network (eg Starbucks, hotel) and connecting to your VPN, boom, now your VPN connection is compromised.
minus-squarekinther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoI woke up this morning and thought of this exact scenario, then found your comment lol Yes, this is bad for anyone who travels for work and can’t trust the network they connect to.
The problem isn’t them being in you LAN. It’s about going to an untrusted network (eg Starbucks, hotel) and connecting to your VPN, boom, now your VPN connection is compromised.
I woke up this morning and thought of this exact scenario, then found your comment lol
Yes, this is bad for anyone who travels for work and can’t trust the network they connect to.