Thursday, 7 February 2013

Public Wi-Fi is Safe for Online Purchase? Tips to Stay Safe

Today, there's a lot of free public Wi-Fi hotspots is growing anywhere especially in Mall area. Be careful purchasing online while using public Wi-Fi Internet, not every hotspot can provide you safety browsing. Keep your files and account information safe and secure. Don't wait that one day you'll be shock your credit card bill but you haven't buy big amount except a pair of dress you purchase online. Your Laptop, Mobile phones, and Tablet default settings and firewalls may be not enough to keep your accounts safe from prying eyes.

If you are connected to a public Wi-Fi you are visible to anyone in the vicinity, and can hack you PC. Browse in secure way, get a VPN (Virtual private network) it will routes your traffic through secure network even on public Wi-Fi. Browse in safe mode to protect your personal information.

Check your device settings; avoid automatically connecting to Wi-Fi hotpots, your privacy is prone to malicious networks attack that set to steal your information. Because your device will auto connect to the network without your permission if it is set connects automatically.

At times hackers will set up a false Wi-Fi network , before connecting check the network name if its legit, it not sure move to another place anywhere which you know that the Wi-Fi is not fake. Turn on your firewall and anti-virus software for your protection.

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