Tips on How to Use Public Wi-Fi Networks!

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Tips on How to Use Public Wi-Fi
Networks!
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Are you not able to access internet while
travelling? At such cases free public Wi-Fi is
one of the best service that can make your travel
easier. Wi-Fi hotspot in public places like
libraries, airports, coffee shop, hotels
universities and other public places are useful,
but most of the time they are not secure. If you
connect to such Wi-Fi network and send messages
via website or mobile apps then it might be
accessed by someone else.
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While Using Public Wi-Fi Keep This Thing In Mind
1 - Encryption Encryption keeps your online data
safe. Encryption is a process that jumble your
data that you send over the net into a code and
therefore it is not accessible to others. Hence
it is recommended that you must encrypt your data
while you use public Wi-Fi. There are websites
that offers encryptions process or provide a
secure Wi-Fi network to send personal
information.
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2 - How to know If a Website is
Encrypted In order to know whether
website is encrypted or not , just look at the
address bar of your browser, if it starts with
https (the s is for secure). There are
websites that offers encryption only on log-in
page, and if any other page of site is not
encrypted the your entire account can be hacked.
Therefore, it is recommended that you must look
for https on every page you visit and just when
you log in.
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3 - About Mobile Apps Mobile apps does not gives
https indicators as it is shown in websites.
Experts has noticed that many mobile apps do not
encrypt data properly and hence it is recommended
that you must not used such type of mobile apps
on public Wi-Fi. You must always use secured
wireless network if you are accessing bank
transaction. If you are using unsecured wireless
public Wi-Fi, then it is recommended that you
must use mobiles web browser where you can check
the https at the start of the web address bar.
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4 - Never Assume a Wi-Fi Hotspot is
Secure There are many Wi-Fi hotspot
that does not encrypt the data you send over the
net and they are not secured. Furthermore, if a
network does not ask WPA or WPA2 password, then
it is confirm it is not secure. So never assume a
open Wi-Fi hotspot is secure.
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Tips to Protect Your Information When Using
Public Wi-Fi
Follow the below tips while you share or send
your information while using Public Wi-Fi 1
When using public Wi-Fi, you must use sites that
completely encrypt your data. You must lookout
for the https to your every page you visit from
the time you log-in to the website. If you find
that you logged into encrypted sites but landed
into unencrypted page then you must directly log
out. 2 Never stay logged in permanently to
your account, when you finished using account,
just simply log out. 3 Do not use the same
password on different sites. If any of your one
account gets hacked then it will give access to
other accounts of your.
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4 many browser warn you when you try to visit
any infected site. You have to just keep your
eyes open to such warnings and also update your
browser and software from time to time. 5 On
your mobile device you can make use of setting
option hence it cannot get connected
automatically to nearby Wi-Fi. In this way you
will have more control on your mobile
devices. 6 Most of the public Wi-Fi network
use encryption - WEP and WPA, but they are
common and can be hacked. WPA2 is the strongest
one.
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