Saw a weird sign in a cafe in Berlin about using their wifi

I was at a place called Cafe Blende last week and they had a small note by the wifi password saying 'For your safety, we do not monitor traffic. Use a VPN.' It made me think about how even a simple coffee shop feels the need to warn people. Do you think public spots should push privacy tools more, or is that overstepping?

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umaf446mo ago

Ever try a VPN at a cafe? I use one now after my email got weird at a library.

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lunar476mo ago

What exactly happened with your email at the library?

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jackson.jenny5mo ago

Three months ago my email got completely wiped out while I was using the public computers at the downtown library, @lunar47. I used to think public wifi was fine as long as you didn't log into your bank, but this changed my mind real fast. Someone must have been sniffing the network because I got logged out and couldn't get back in for two days. The worst part was losing all my saved drafts and contacts, which took forever to rebuild from memory. Now I always use my phone's hotspot instead, even if I have to sit in the parking lot. It's not worth the risk just to save a little data.

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