Coffee shop
This Thursday, May 24, 2018 file photo shows customers sitting around on cell phones and computers as well as sleeping at a local Starbucks coffee shop in Burbank, Calif. Richard Vogel/Associated Press
Coffee shop
This Thursday, May 24, 2018 file photo shows customers sitting around on cell phones and computers as well as sleeping at a local Starbucks coffee shop in Burbank, Calif. Richard Vogel/Associated Press

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

Coffee shop
This Thursday, May 24, 2018 file photo shows customers sitting around on cell phones and computers as well as sleeping at a local Starbucks coffee shop in Burbank, Calif. Richard Vogel/Associated Press
Coffee shop
This Thursday, May 24, 2018 file photo shows customers sitting around on cell phones and computers as well as sleeping at a local Starbucks coffee shop in Burbank, Calif. Richard Vogel/Associated Press

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