A public WiFi is no less unsafe than the Internet itself. HTTPS is still considered to be secure.
The biggest risk would be to use a computer at the library where somebody has installed a keystroke logger or other malware. Or if your PC is not secure, and connecting to a fake access point exposes it to attack/exploitation.
The risk is not the network, it is the device
A public WiFi is no less unsafe than the Internet itself. HTTPS is still considered to be secure.
The biggest risk would be to use a computer at the library where somebody has installed a keystroke logger or other malware. Or if your PC is not secure, and connecting to a fake access point exposes it to attack/exploitation.