Mexican cartel provided wifi to locals – with threat of death if they didn’t use it

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.world – 99 points –
Mexican cartel provided wifi to locals – with threat of death if they didn’t use it
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That does not work without forcing the users to also use the proxy. Any website that uses https instead of http does not leak passwords, unless the device/browser of the user is compromised.

It sounds like a mechanism to make the town dependend on the cartel for internet, and then demand extortion prices for the internet.

They could easily do a man in the middle attack, but I doubt they would have the need to rob the poor people of their town.

Https is explicitly designed against man-in-the-middle attacks. Modern browsers make a bigggg fuss if a man-in-the-middle is attempting some shit. Those attacks do not work.

And if you do manage to make it work, it sure wouldn't be easier than pointing a gun at someone and telling them to pay up for their internet connection.

Not without a client side certificate

You can ... If people aren't tech savvy you can just serve everyone plain http and most people will ignore the warnings.