Free unsecured airport WiFi
That open network is free for you — and free for the person quietly capturing your traffic.
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Open WiFi means no encryption between you and the access point — and no guarantee the access point is even real ("Evil Twin" hotspots are trivial to stand up).
The lesson: use a VPN on untrusted networks, stick to HTTPS, and never trust a captive portal that asks for more than it should.
