Be Careful When On Public Wi-fi

Posted: December 30, 2014

With the push into the digital age, now many public places offer free wi-fi. However, this may not be as good as it may seem. Make sure to take these precautions when connecting to a public wi-fi network. Lincoln Spector, writer for PC World, shares precautions that need to be taken when using public w-ifi.

Take precautions when using public Wi-Fi networks

If Windows knows it's accessing a public network, it will hide your laptop from other computers and devices. That provides significant, but not perfect, protection. So you have to make sure Windows knows you're on a public network, and you need to take additional precautions. When Windows logs onto a Wi-Fi network that it doesn't recognize, it will ask you how it should handle security. And if for some reason it doesn't ask, you can manually make it bring up the question itself. How it does this depends on your version of Windows.

Windows 7

When you log onto a new network, Windows 7 brings up a large dialog box where you can declare whether it's a Home, Work, or Public network. Read the entire article Take Precautions When Using Public Wi-fi Networks on PC World.