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We use WiFi all the time—at work, school, or while travelling. In Singapore, 64% of people aged between 16-35 years frequently use unsecured public WiFi, thinking that it is fine as long as we’re not doing anything sensitive or important!
Fact
When you connect to unsecured WiFi, it’s not just the information you share over the network at that moment that faces the risk of being snooped on. All the information on your device gets exposed.
Tips
If you absolutely must connect to an unsecured or public WiFi network, ensure you:
Switch on antivirus
and firewall
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Avoid financial
transactions
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Activate your VPN
account while using
the WiFi
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Did you know?
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Free public WiFi hotspots were installed throughout a city, and within an hour more than 1,200 devices were connected. All unencrypted network activities including instant messaging and emails could be monitored. |
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Through the public Wi-Fi networks in Asian hotels, hackers infected the laptops of business executives with malware that could steal data from their companies. |
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Hackers used the WiFi network of a hotel hosting a high-level government conference to steal valid user names and passwords, which could then be used to access corporate systems. |
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