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to gain access to other
websites—including sites
that store your
financial information.
Protect Your Information
When Using Public Wi-Fi
Here’s how you can protect
your information when
using Wi-Fi:
When using a hotspot,
log in or send personal
information only to websites
you know are fully
encrypted. To be secure,
your entire visit to each site
should be encrypted—from
the time you log in to the
site until you log out. If you
think you’re logged in to an
encrypted site but find
yourself on an unencrypted
page, log out right away.
Don’t stay permanently
signed in to accounts. When
you’ve finished using an
account, log out.
wireless network or your
phone’s data network (often
referred to as 3G or 4G).
If you must use an
unsecured wireless network
for transactions, use the
company’s mobile website,
where you can check for the
https at the start of the web
address—rather than the
company’s mobile app.
Don’t Assume a Wi-Fi
Hotspot Is Secure
Most Wi-Fi hotspots don’t
encrypt the information you
send over the internet and
aren’t secure. In fact, if a
network doesn’t require a
WPA or WPA2 password, it’s
probably not secure.
If you use an unsecured
network to log in to an
unencrypted site—or a site that
uses encryption only on the
sign-in page—other users on
the network can see what you
see and what you send. They
could hijack your session and
log in as you. New hacking
tools—available for free
online—make this