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Apart from that, you should consider every eduroam network as a "normal ISP" network. In particular, the WPA2/AES encryption only protects your traffic while it is in the air; as soon as it travels onwards onto the internet, your traffic is not encrypted any more unless you chose to use encrypted transfer protocols (e.g. browse with https:// instead of http:// ; or if you started a VPN connection).

eduroam Service Providers are not encouraged to inspect traffic of their users; they should rather act as a "mere conduit" provider. It is however possible that some eduroam Service Providers choose to inspect or filter traffic (by using transparent web proxies).

If you do not choose to encrypt your traffic on your device, everybody on the internet may be able to see the content of your communication in clear-text; record it or create profiles from it. This is not eduroam-specific; it's the way the internet works.

eduroam Service Providers are not encouraged to inspect traffic of their users; they should rather act as a "mere conduit" provider. It is however possible that some eduroam Service Providers choose to inspect or filter traffic (by using transparent web proxies).

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