{"id":3172,"date":"2022-02-03T10:40:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T07:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailsafi.com\/blog\/?p=3172"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T08:02:47","slug":"risks-of-public-wifi-and-how-to-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailsafi.com\/blog\/risks-of-public-wifi-and-how-to-stay-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Risks of Using Public Wi-Fi and How to Stay Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Public WiFi can pose a significant threat for businesses or individuals using them for work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not uncommon to walk into many coffee shops on a weekday and spot a large number of customers working on their laptops. Today, many entrepreneurs, students and businessmen and women treat these locations like a second office. WiFi in most of these places is usually free, but not always, for patrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same applies to WiFi in hotels, restaurants, airports, bookstores, libraries and some retail outlets. Effectively, you\u2019re never too far off from a public WiFi hotspot to access the internet and your work email or documents for those with access to team collaboration tools<\/mark><\/a>. Most guests, especially those on business meetings or on holiday and therefore sleeping over at the facility, will often access the free WiFi offered in these spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large number of people who access public WiFi often access sensitive or confidential company or personal information on their devices. Unfortunately, many of these users are unaware of the threat posed by accessing the internet over public WiFi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n