{"id":14458,"date":"2017-10-02T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=14458"},"modified":"2018-06-18T16:53:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T20:53:29","slug":"safe-use-public-unprotected-wi-fi-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/safe-use-public-unprotected-wi-fi-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"How Safe Is It to Use Public, Unprotected Wi-Fi Networks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just because public Wi-Fi is free and easy doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s safe to use. Whenever you join a public network on your phone, you\u2019re not alone when you\u2019re using it. If a hacker gets access to the public Wi-Fi router then they can use it to access your private information like your credit card numbers, bank passwords, or even social media accounts. You should use the wi-fi check feature to test for speed and security. Click here to check your network:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/app.appsflyer.com\/com.psafe.msuite?pid=MKT_BLOG_US&amp;c=how_safe_use_public_unprotected_wifi_networks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7589 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Wifi-check.jpg\" alt=\"Wifi check\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><center><\/center><\/center><b><br \/>\nThe Dangers of \u201cEavesdropping\u201d<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When your phone is connected to a public Wi-Fi network, hackers can use a Man-in-the-Middle style attack to eavesdrop on your personal information. With this type of hack, the criminal hacks into the public Wi-Fi router and can \u201ceavesdrop\u201d on your data as it goes from your phone to any website you may be using. So if you log in to your social media accounts on public Wi-Fi the hackers can watch as you put your username and password into the website. This means that the hacker now has that username and password so your account is no longer secure. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/how-safe-is-finger-recognition-bank-app\/\"><b>How Safe is it to Use Finger Recognition with Your Bank App?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Using Virtual Private Network<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only ways to guarantee that your phone will not be hacked is to either stay off of public Wi-Fi altogether or to connect to a virtual private network, or VPN. These virtual private networks encrypt your private information as it goes from your phone to any website you may be using. This means that, even if hackers somehow get into the Wi-Fi router, they will not be able to see your data because it is encrypted and unreadable by others. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stay Safe Using wi-fi check<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wi-fi check is a tool that will verify the download speed and network security of your phone. It can tell you how fast your Internet connection is and whether or not it\u2019s a secure network that your phone is connected to. It\u2019s an important tool to take advantage of when using a public network.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you need service but don&#8217;t want to waste data, the only real option is to use public Wi-Fi, but could that be opening your phone up to possible hacks?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1673,18,301,303,312,53,4498,223,331],"class_list":["post-14458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-privacy","tag-android-tips","tag-app","tag-app2","tag-app3","tag-app8","tag-internet","tag-internet-tips","tag-tips","tag-wi-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18979,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14458\/revisions\/18979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}