Public Wi-Fi Is Safer Than Ever—But You Still Need to Be Careful

Public Wi-Fi at hotels and coffee shops isn’t quite as risky as it used to be. But it still pays to take some basic precautions.

For as long as we’ve had access to public Wi-Fi networks—the ones in the airport, the Starbucks around the corner and your hotel room—we’ve been told the same thing. They’re unsafe. You should never enter sensitive information while on a public network, the advice goes, or even think about logging into your bank account. The second you log on, you’e practically begging hackers to steal all your data.

But while you should always think twice before entering sensitive information, the public Wi-Fi story has changed. In recent...

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