Personal view and observations around commercial (corporate) Wi-Fi data collection in the United Kingdom and Europe

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Category: Cyber Security (Personal)

I travel a lot, not that I publish this fact greatly online. This year I have been to nine countries, eight within the European Union and one within Europe. At the moment I am writing this article on a coach journey from one capital to another capital covering 310 kilometres. Excellent I/we can simply turn up at any European Union country by plane, boat or by land and flash (sometimes not) our passport and gain entry.

Back to the topic of commercial data collection. Within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland though to a slightly less extent, when we use free Wi-Fi, it may be free but we are giving “them” something. Our browsing history, search terms, SSL/TLS connection* and probably more. Free yes, but we go from the customer to the supplier and of course they use or sell what they collect.

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Macro malware from "Avis" and phishing through GetResponse

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Excel macro malware (like banking trojan) appearing as Avis rental.


Apple phishing sent through and redirecting through GetResponse (email marketing).

Government staff stop flashing and reading documents in public

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Will you ever learn (Police chief Bob Quick steps down over terror blunder)?

Specialist training documents being read on a busy overground train.

File details stripped and blur applied to protect information and identities.

What was it? A specialist training manual on tactics and equipment.