I prefer to use public Wi-Fi usually because the cell data is often unreliable and bandwidth too low.
I’m using modern device (S23U) that supports Wi-Fi 6/E and on one of the public networks I use regularly, I’m being blocked from doing things that I troubleshooted and verified work on my cell data, but not on the Wi-Fi:
- Cloudflare WARP will not activate to give my connection privacy.
- I can’t seem to get any multiplayer mobile games that use Google Play services to work, possibly a P2P block? They won’t update or let me login.
- Certain streaming sites and apps don’t work.
I haven’t bothered with other VPNs because I don’t like to risk my accounts on VPNs. Too many stories of people being banned from Google/Amazon whatever because they used a dirty IP address from a VPN. The only thing I trust is Cloudflare WARP to give some degree of privacy.
I’m basically fully exposed on public Wi-Fi. Please tell me what’s wrong here.
like others have mentioned public wifi is considered untrustworthy since its a easy man in the middle attack waiting to happen. thus websites will block logins from it considering how easy it is to compromise.