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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2023
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A great description. Although regarding VPN's and public wifi, I don't know of any banking or similar sites that aren't using https nowadays, so man in the middle attacks aren't such a danger. Not to say you shouldn't use a VPN anyway, you might as well always be connected to one.
TLS mitigates MITM, but doesn't completely prevents it. A MITM can emit their own certificates, that's not unheard of, although harder than regular attacks.