Got phished at a Starbucks in Nashville last spring - changed my whole setup

I was grading papers on their public wifi and clicked a link that looked exactly like my bank's login page. It took me three days and two hours on the phone with my credit union to sort out the damage. What do you use for a personal VPN that actually works on a teacher's budget?

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adam67519d agoTop Commenter

keithharris I gotta say I'm not a huge fan of Mullvad for public wifi stuff. The speed has been a real issue for me at coffee shops, especially when I'm trying to upload anything. For a teacher's budget I'd actually recommend looking at ProtonVPN's free tier, it's pretty solid for basic browsing and doesn't sell your data. Just make sure you turn on the kill switch feature before you connect to anything at Starbucks again.

keithharris19d ago

Man, that Starbucks story is brutal. I read somewhere that a lot of those fake login pages look so spot on because they steal the CSS right from the real site. I use Mullvad for my VPN, it's like five bucks a month and you can pay with cash if you're paranoid. It's not the fastest thing ever but it's never let me down for things like checking my email or paying bills on public wifi. Definitely worth looking at if you're trying to avoid another three days of phone calls lol.