Synthetic Snake Oil: Online Security Tips

DP8 Stay Safe while using WiFi with VPN


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How do you stay safe when you're using WiFi? Let's say you're travelling, at some public internet cafe, you're in a different country, what can you do? Virtual private networks, VPN, are the best way to protect yourself.

VPN provider exist all over the world. You can easily subscribe to them. It's like encrypted tunnel that goes from your device (laptop, tablet, phone, desktop) to the Internet. You can also choose alternate countries for your traffic to appear in. 

There is a lot that happens on your devices behind the scenes (emails automatically checking, messages, updates, etc) and you can have peace of mind that all of these are securely encrypted from your device over the WiFi connection.

Great to use VPNs when travelling, in Internet cafes, even at your own home.

There are many choices available for VPN providers. A couple I recommend are ExpressVPN or NordVPN. This is an extra layer of protection that you should have. Many don't realize that WiFi can be hacked in realtime.

 

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