Is it dangerous to publicly surf the web while my browser is being run in an IDE?

While developing web software, I typically run a browser (chrome) from my IDE. Here’s an example launch.json in VSCode:
{
// Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
// Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes… Continue reading Is it dangerous to publicly surf the web while my browser is being run in an IDE?

What would be the security rationale for a hotel blocking only SSH traffic?

I recently stayed at a hotel where outbound SSH traffic (and seemingly only SSH traffic) was blocked on the guest WiFi network, and I’m trying to figure out what security-based rationale they might have had for this policy. Unfortunately, … Continue reading What would be the security rationale for a hotel blocking only SSH traffic?