{"id":13618,"date":"2022-11-18T14:59:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T14:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/?p=13618"},"modified":"2023-11-17T04:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T04:24:25","slug":"once-more-about-security-and-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/once-more-about-security-and-safety","title":{"rendered":"Once More About Security and Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Don&#8217;t buy a Portable WiFi Hotspot until you see this! [Video]<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ytb\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe title=\"\u2705 Don&#039;t buy a Portable WiFi Hotspot until you see this!\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SmDHVymhQpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Video uploaded by <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechsYouCantLiveWithout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Techs You Can&#8217;t Live Without<\/a> on <strong class=\"watch-time-text\">November 4, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Security Once More or How to Make Your Hotspot Much Cooler in Terms of Safety<\/h2>\n<p>As we all know full well by now, there is a flipside to practically all good things (even Apple devices have their\u2026 yes, price). And the same goes for the fact that connectivity has become all but omnipresent these days. Yes, being able to go online pretty much everywhere is, on the whole a good thing (sometimes it might turn out even literally vital). But this convenience does come with certain security risks. Because it is provided to us by the public Internet access points known as hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>And the key word here is \u201cpublic\u201d. Meaning &#8211; you guessed it, of course &#8211; that once you connect to the World Wide Web from there, your phone or your (often much less protected) laptop becomes dangerously open to the public as well. In other words, it gives more chances of accessing your data &#8211; from personal to work-related &#8211; to God knows who (yes, not-so-dear scammers and stalkers, we are looking at you). Be that the inbox checking or choosing a Christmas present on the go, the danger of stealing your essential info, down to your very identity is never far away. It starts lurking about whenever you hit that \u201cconnect\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p>But thankfully, the \u201cways and means\u201d law works not just in favour of thieves and fraudsters. We can do something (actually, quite a few somethings) to use these access points with much more peace of mind than if we would just have dived into it unthinkingly. And of course, we are happy to share with you the most useful of the said somethings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13636\" style=\"width: 830px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13636\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13636\" src=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-hackers.png\" alt=\"Look for the opt-in step in the process of connection (if there isn\u2019t one, it\u2019s probably a hacker who is masquerading as an official free hotspot).\" width=\"820\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-hackers.png 820w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-hackers-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-hackers-620x378.png 620w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-hackers-246x150.png 246w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-hackers-600x366.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look for the opt-in step in the process of connection (if there isn\u2019t one, it\u2019s probably a hacker who is masquerading as an official free hotspot).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of which precautions the first and foremost is, in our opinion, not taking the name of the network appearing in your wi-fi connections list for granted. Check it. Check it always, no matter how legitimate and safe it might appear. Ask the staff. Look for the opt-in step in the process of connection (if there isn\u2019t one, it\u2019s probably a hacker who is masquerading as an official free hotspot). Run the name of the connection against a trusted database if you can. But never go into it mindlessly, never assume. Like we said above, it\u2019s not just the law-abiding public who have a lot more options and possibilities in our days.<\/p>\n<p>Also, do everything in your power not to reveal your most sensitive info. Have your backup email address ready when asked for such data. Come up with a new password instead of just puttin in the one you use regularly. And, unless you are buying something urgently, never at all disclose anything related to your bank account (and no, the \u201cs\u201d at the end of the \u201chttp\u201d part of address doesn\u2019t guarantee much).<\/p>\n<p>Another key point is not forgetting to forget, if you pardon us the pun. It\u2019s not advisable to let your device \u201cremember\u201d any third-party connection, because in that case your phone or computer will consider it safe by default\u2026 and will connect to it all by itself whenever you\u2019ll come into the area again, without letting you verify if this particular network is still OK to use. (Which it might not be by then). So always click \u201cforget the network\u201d once you no longer need this particular hotspot. And don\u2019t worry, your device will still see it if need be.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13637\" style=\"width: 830px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13637\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13637\" src=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-vpn.jpg\" alt=\"Then there is one real winner for those wanting to be sure: the good old VPN. It pretty much covers all your bases, blocking both the data you use online and even your IP info from the view of any potential wrongdoer.\" width=\"820\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-vpn.jpg 820w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-vpn-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-vpn-620x378.jpg 620w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-vpn-246x150.jpg 246w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/once-more-about-security-and-safety-vpn-600x366.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then there is one real winner for those wanting to be sure: the good old VPN. It pretty much covers all your bases, blocking both the data you use online and even your IP info from the view of any potential wrongdoer.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then there is one real winner for those wanting to be sure: the good old VPN. It pretty much covers all your bases, blocking both the data you use online and even your IP info from the view of any potential wrongdoer. This would be the perfect option, almost rendering the rest of them redundant\u2026 but for one little detail. That is, with the virtual private network, if you want to be really sure, it is preferable to go for a paid product (or a premium version of the free ones). Because otherwise, you\u2019ll never know how well you\u2019ll be protected: a free lunch is a flawed lunch and all that.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, especially if you don\u2019t need to connect to a hotspot for too long a time, you can just go and create one yourself\u2026 out of your own mobile phone (the process also known as tethering). If you are an Android owner, you\u2019ll find this function (which can be named variously, from \u201cMobile Network Sharing\u201d to just plain \u201cTethering\u201d itself; in other cases, there should be the \u201chotspot\u201d in there somewhere) under the \u201cNetworks\u201d (or \u201cConnections\u201d) section of the \u201cSettings\u201d menu. If you have an iPhone, select the \u201cPersonal hotspot\u201d or \u201cMobile data\u201d in your settings, or, if there is nothing of the sort there, go for \u201cGeneral\u201d, click on \u201cNetwork\u201d, and there your \u201cPersonal Hotspot\u201d will be). After that, all you will have to do is pick the \u201cWi-Fi\u201d (or \u201cMobile hotspot\u201d) connection, give it a name and create a not-too-easy password. Mind you, the latter is not compulsory, but leaving it for all and sundry to connect to (and use your own mobile data at that) kind of defies the purpose, does it not? (But we wouldn\u2019t recommend this particular way of protection if your phone isn\u2019t 5G-equipped, otherwise the speed of your connection and amount of data you spend in the process may well disappoint you).<\/p>\n<p>So, as you see, with some precautions you can, after all, have all the perks without paying too heavy (and unfair, for that matter) price.<\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchmobilecomputing\/answer\/What-are-the-dangers-of-mobile-hotspot-tethering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Improve mobile hotspot security in 5 steps<\/a> &#8211; TechTarget<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sell your used electronic device online<\/a> &#8211; iGotOffer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t buy a Portable WiFi Hotspot until you see this! 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