Using Public Wi-Fi? Your Information Might Be At Risk

Lena by Lena Smith

Published Tue, Jul 18th 2017, 10:29 | Internet


Free Wi-Fi!!! This single phrase is enough to bring a broad smile on your face. And to attract the customers, most of the restaurants, hotels, a transport hub for travelling or commuting, airlines and more provide free Wi-Fi service. Using Wi-Fi simply means that you may be accessing your bank account online, sharing pictures or videos on the social media, using online dating profiles, checking personal emails and doing a lot more. You might be unaware, but it has been revealed that doing so may allow the hackers to have an easy access to your personal and confidential information. 

According to the Norton Wi-Fi Risk Report 2017 by Symantec, it has been revealed that around 96% of the Indians put their information at risk while using the public Wi-Fi. That is because what most people think is private on their personal laptop or Macbook can be hacked very easily by the cyber criminals due to the insecurity of the network they use. Symantic has made this report after a survey on 15000 customers in 15 different countries. 

To ensure a standard level of security over WWW or World Wide Web, the report suggests browsing the websites that use VPN (virtual private network) and the URL or the web address starts with https. During the survey, the risk has been counted high among the Indian users specifically. This kind of behavior around the public Wi-Fi is actually putting them at risk.

Though the Indian government is pushing free Wi-Fi networks for public places for promoting Digital India Initiative, users must be aware of this risk. To make the users avoid this issue, Norton offers high-end security solutions to ensure with secure Wi-Fi. Norton Core, the mesh-ready router has this security feature pre-built in it. You can also get one of the advanced security solutions of Norton in order to protect your network. Even some of the Norton antivirus provide high level security and stops the user browsing such websites that may harm your device. Get them for you and secure your laptop, notebook or Macbook from the attack of hackers.

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Lena Smith, the author of this article is one of the passionate learner and writer, also working as a Technical Supporter. Finding and making available the new and distinct ideas, information on technical topics to its users is her passion. She has written many articles on HP Printer Support, office.com/setup etc..