![]() Bring your own Internet access, or pay for a VPN Stocking up on data before you leave will help curb the desire to connect to public Wi-Fi and will also save on cellular-data usage, allowing you more time for essential traffic on your more secure 4G network. If you do so, you'll be at much less risk of falling prey to a "man-in-the-middle" attack, in which a malicious intruder intercepts your Wi-Fi signals and injects fake or harmful data.įor the same reason, it might be best to fully update all mobile and laptop software and apps at home, and to avoid software updates while traveling. Meghan Kelly, content marketing manager at San Francisco-based mobile-security provider Lookout, suggests that travelers download movies, music and books, and conduct all necessary financial transactions, on their home networks before leaving for vacation. The best place to begin your secure vacation is at home. ![]() Finish essential internet tasks before you leaveįor travelers, the trick to securing information and devices is to understand where the dangers lurk and how to avoid them. But while they're on vacation, not only are they not doing enough to secure their devices, but they may also think their temporary accommodations are as safe as their homes. Many people are already too lax about information-security practices in their everyday lives. The truth is that vacation time is prime time for cybercriminals. "Also, many networks use encryption that can be broken even if you don't have the password."Īdd to this the fact that it's trivial to spoof a Wi-Fi hotspot, meaning you may not even be connecting to the real thing, and you'll have quite an assortment of good reasons to be cautious of public wireless. "Passwords that are used are usually either shared or are easily guessable," said Daniel Miessler, director of advisory services at IOActive. You may be reading this and thinking, "I'm smart enough to not use free public Wi-Fi, especially when I'm traveling."īut what about when that public Wi-Fi comes with a password? It's easy to be lulled into believing that your connection will be safe when you are required to log in with a password, as in a hotel, or when you are paying a couple of bucks for a temporary connection, like at an airport.
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