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SecurityTrendMicro

WiFi Protection in Public Places

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:05:12 +0000

WiFi Internet has added much convenience to our daily lives, with its easy accessibility in public places such as restaurants, hotels, and cafes; malls, parks, and even in airplanes, where we can connect online for faster transactions and communication. Like any online technology, however, it’s vulnerable to hacker abuse, posing potential threats to you and…

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SecurityTrendMicro

Insecure VPNs: Top risks and symptoms that stronger security is needed

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:00:21 +0000

Virtual private networks, or VPNs, were created to provide a secure tunnel in which user activity can be carried out in privacy. In this way, VPNs have been utilized by individual users, as well as to support business processes for several years, and their use is only growing. According to current statistics, nearly 25 percent…

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IndependentKrebs

Post-FCC Privacy Rules, Should You VPN?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:33:48 +0000

Many readers are understandably concerned about recent moves by the U.S. Congress that would roll back privacy rules barring broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) from sharing or selling customer browsing history, among other personal data. Some are concerned enough by this development that they’re looking at obfuscating all of their online browsing by paying for a subscription to a virtual private networking (VPN) service. This piece is intended to serve as a guidepost for those contemplating such a move.

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