Timeline for My school wants me to download an SSL certificate to connect to WiFi. Can I just avoid doing anything private while on the WiFi?
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| Sep 4 at 15:43 | comment | added | Questor | @MikeB "If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear?" | |
| Aug 30 at 13:38 | comment | added | MikeB | @GraceMcCarthy In that case, it really comes down to a balance between how much you trust the school vs how worried you are about the browsing you are doing. It's only a risk if (1) some other WiFi that you connect to gets hold of that cert AND the key; (2) You are doing something dodgy on that link, that the school IT admin gets hold of. The main point of this cert is actually to keep you safe, by allowing the school to filter your connection, to block anything deemed 'unsafe' or 'unacceptable'. | |
| Aug 30 at 10:19 | comment | added | Grace McCarthy | it was sent by a school administrator to the whole school and we were told about it in assembly, so don't worry, it's definitely approved by the school! I'm just concerned they haven't thought through all of the implications. | |
| Aug 28 at 18:16 | comment | added | Questor | That's a good point, My answer was focused on explaining what I thought the SSL certificate was/the purpose behind it, instead of what actions OP should take in response. I am going to add your suggestion of reporting it to the schools IT department into my answer | |
| Aug 28 at 18:12 | history | edited | Questor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 28 at 16:56 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | Agreed, this sounds like an Evil-Twin Network attack. I would add to this answer that the first step the OP should take when they find a suspicious public network like this is to report it to the organization's IT department so that they can investigate and take down the evil twin and let everyone at the school know about the breach so they can reset passwords, etc. That way you are not just protecting yourself, but everyone else in your school who may not know to question it. | |
| Aug 28 at 14:51 | history | answered | Questor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |