Sunday 1 February 2015

Are You Connecting to a Safe WiFi? Tips to Protect Your Data in WiFi Networks

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Wherever we go, we find public WiFi networks and we start using them. May it be your office, college, coffee shop or that Pizza point we use those public WiFi networks for our internet needs. However, do you ever realize that there are so many people using the same public WiFi and transferring data over it. What if some one steals your private information? Is the public WiFi you are using is safe?
No, they are not secure. An intruder can steal your private data like accounts, files and other things. Does it mean you should stop using public WiFi? No, you can use the public WiFi but be cautious.
We have an interesting infographic below telling us about some of the powerful methods that hackers use to steal your private information and best tips to keep your data safe from these hackers.
Hackers normally create some fake WiFi hotspots to steal your personal and financial information. They try to lure you with free public WiFi to make you victims. So, we need to be very careful about the public WiFi we are connecting to. There are some safety steps explained in the inforgraphic below to keep you safe from such attacks.
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