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How to Protect Your Data While Using Public Wi-Fi

2018/11/01 by Cathy Burnham

male professional working on laptop in cafeIf you travel often, public Wi-Fi can prove to be especially convenient. It saves on mobile data, is typically free, and can provide for faster speeds when it comes to downloading. However, as convenient as using public Wi-Fi may be for us, it has proven to be equally convenient for hackers – just for different reasons. To prevent hackers from gaining access to your information while you use a public connection, consider the following tips from our cyber security solution providers.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication
For all your web services such as email, social networks, and your website’s CMS, turn on two-factor authentication. This means that to log in to a service, in addition to your existing credentials, you must also enter a unique code that is delivered to your phone via text message. This way, even if a hacker obtains your password, they cannot access your account.

Use a VPN service
A VPN (a virtual private network) will encrypt your browsing traffic and data, thus making it nearly impossible for someone else to access it. With encryption, a hacker spying on the public network’s traffic will only see garbled data passing between your device and the VPN server. Thus, it may be wise if you take the help of good VPN services like Norton vpn or others similar to them. This could be extremely useful if you are exchanging sensitive work-related files over the Internet.

However, you have to keep in mind that a VPN might affect your internet. As it is public Wi-Fi is usually spread pretty thin, and if you add a VPN to that, you might not even be able to load simple pages. So if you’re wondering about the reasons internet is slow for you in public spaces, it might have something to do with the VPN. Usually, having a premium subscription solves this problem.
Use a Tethered Internet Connection Instead
If you have a decent data plan, consider tethering your connection from your mobile device rather than using a public Wi-Fi network while you’re on the go. This private connection will be much more difficult for a hacker to break into.

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