# Use the Defcon Wifi

DevFeed: [Use the Defcon Wifi](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/use-the-defcon-wifi-37100.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/use-the-defcon-wifi/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2023-08-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>), [Bluetooth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bluetooth.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>)

Tags: [bluetooth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bluetooth.md>), [defcon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/defcon.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>), [wifi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wifi.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that using the official Defcon Wi-Fi can be reasonable when devices are fully patched, users join the official networks, and applications use TLS. It contrasts this with the risks of cellular infrastructure and notes that airplane mode does not disable Bluetooth or Wi-Fi; a Faraday cage provides stronger isolation.

## Source excerpt

Why it's ok to use the Defcon wifi