Information Security Officer Interview Question:

Suppose you find yourself in an airport in the depths of of a foreign superpower. You're out of mobile broadband and don't trust the WI-FI. What do you do? Further, what are the potential threats from open WI-FIs?

Submitted by: Muhammad

Ideally you want all of your data to pass through an encrypted connection. This would usually entail tunneling via SSH into whatever outside service you need, over a virtual private network (VPN). Otherwise, you're vulnerable to all manner of attacks, from man-in-the-middle, to captive portals exploitation, and so on.
Submitted by: Muhammad