[muststopmyths]

exactly. I have at least some trust in Mulvad, but I'll be damned if I'm getting on the hotel WiFi in a US hotel chain without VPN. Let alone while travelling in foreign countries.

I frequently access my bank info etc. on such trips. With a VPN at least I have fewer random threat vectors to consider on a network.

[djrogers]

What ‘bank info etc.’ are you accessing that isn’t TLS encrypted already? Adding IPSEC on top of that isn’t helping much, if at all…

[muststopmyths]

I've frequently (especially outside the US, but even in a major hospital system here in San Francisco) come across WiFi networks that force access web through a MITM proxy. Yes, HTTPS will help me detect it, but if I need to actually get through, a VPN is helpful.

"bank info" in this case being anything from logging in to check my balance, pay bills or even contact them via their secure messaging because I'm disputing a transaction.

It doesn't eliminate all threats, but I'm not a secret agent ninja that needs 100% hardened communications. I just need a modicum of assurance.

[BoumTAC]

but every site nowadays use https. Doesn't it prevent issue with public wifi ?

[rasguanabana]

Not all traffic is http.