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BEING SAFE on PUBLIC WI-FI

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Avoiding, Internet Protection, LAN Side Protection, SSIDs and Privacy

Public Wi-Fi is always dangerous, whether a password is required or not.

AVOIDING

INTERNET PROTECTION   top

LAN SIDE PROTECTION   top

On a public network is it very likely that all the other users on the local network can see and try to contact your device. You need just as much protection on the LAN side, as you do on the WAN/Internet side.

SSIDs AND PRIVACY   top

Wi-Fi devices generally keep a record of the networks/SSIDs they have connected to. This makes it easy or automatic to re-connect to known networks. Fine. Except, when they broadcast this list, it exposes the places you have visited to anyone able to record this broadcast. It may also expose where you live or work.

For some additional privacy, periodically review the list of saved SSIDs and delete the ones you do not expect to use in the future (or the ones you do not want anyone to know about).

 

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