Public WiFi networks might be safer than you think
Now that 90 percent of websites on the internet are encrypted, hackers can’t easily access as much user data on public networks.
Yes, hackers can spy on some of what you’re doing on your laptop if you’re browsing the web in a coffee shop. But public networks are worlds safer than they were a few years ago.
Reset learns the do’s and don’ts of using public WiFi networks.
GUEST: Tatum Hunter, Washington Post technology writer
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Public WiFi networks might be safer than you think
Now that 90 percent of websites on the internet are encrypted, hackers can’t easily access as much user data on public networks.
Yes, hackers can spy on some of what you’re doing on your laptop if you’re browsing the web in a coffee shop. But public networks are worlds safer than they were a few years ago.
Reset learns the do’s and don’ts of using public WiFi networks.
GUEST: Tatum Hunter, Washington Post technology writer