Tips & Tricks for Safe Surfing on Free Public Wi-Fi

Who doesn’t like free? We all love to find a free network to hop on with our portable notebooks, tablets or smart phones, whether sipping a latte in a favorite café or waiting for a flight in an airport lounge. We have also seen the news stories about hackers and identity thieves lurking in these places, waiting lure the unsuspecting onto an ad-hoc network or launch a man-in-the-middle attack to steal their personal information.

Thankfully, dodging these online baddies doesn’t require forgoing a free ride on a complementary Wi-Fi network, but it does call for taking a few precautions to ensure a safe and secure networking experience.

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