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If you go to restaurants or public spaces, they offer free Wi-Fi as part of their service. Free Wi-Fi like this is likely to have a lot of security issues, but it turns out that many people are using free Wi-Fi without worrying about security.
Market research firm DecisionData conducted a survey of 1,195 people residing in the United States about internet access. Looking at the results of public Wi-Fi, 82% said they had connected to a free Wi-Fi network in public places, 13% said no, and 5% said they didn’t know. You can see that most of them use free Wi-Fi in public places.
When asked how much they worry about security when using public Wi-Fi, 71% said they weren’t worried at all, 9% said they were a little worried, 16% said they were very worried, and 4% said they didn’t know. Indicated. Some of the survey respondents said that if they have access to the Internet, it doesn’t matter if they can take risks, or that they can’t think that public Wi-Fi is at risk.
As a risk occurring in public Wi-Fi places that are used by many, for example, if you use it in a coffee shop, the SSID is the name of the store.This SSID can be given any name you like, so a malicious third party can use the store name without permission A camouflage to make it may also be possible. Also, it is not difficult to spoof the information of a person connected to a Wi-Fi network. In addition to spoofing, there can be various problems such as man-in-the-middle attacks or malware.
When using public Wi-Fi, the decision data side refrains from entering personal information as a self-security measure and checks whether the URL of the site to be visited begins with https://, or if a VPN is used, the best way to keep all data safe. Explain that this will be. However, there is also a problem that choosing a stable and secure VPN is difficult. Related information can be found here .
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