Pocket Internet Privacy Shield

When I travel, the thought of using the Internet in hotels and such leaves me feeling gross and paranoid that someone can see what I’m doing. As a penetration tester who hacks people this way, and seeing how awful some hotel Internet setups are, I feel pretty justified in my paranoia.

So I wanted to make a hardware-based device that was cheap, easy to use and effective at protecting my privacy in not-quite-trustworthy networks. Here’s what I made with step-by-step instructions on making your own.