Stay safe on public Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi at cafes, airports and hotels can be watched or faked. A few habits keep your data yours.
- Avoid online banking, payments or logging into work systems on public Wi-Fi where you can.
- Be wary of networks with generic names like ’Free Airport WiFi’ — attackers create lookalikes to harvest data.
- Use your phone’s mobile data or a personal hotspot for anything sensitive.
- Use your company VPN if you have one — it encrypts your traffic on untrusted networks.
- Turn off automatic connection to open networks so your device doesn’t join one without asking.
- If you must use public Wi-Fi, stick to general browsing and save the sensitive tasks for later.
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