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Public Wi-Fi has become as essential as running water. Coffee shops that want to entice customers into buying that sixth cup of coffee offer unrestricted access to free Wi-Fi, while practically every airport in the world doles it out at a price — knowing full well that their customers will pay a small fortune for access while passing the time between flights. You can even tap into a wireless hotspot at a Mount Everest base event, for when you just have to Instagram that climbing selfie.
Despite all the benefits of public internet access, there's a major risk lurking behind your browser. Everything you send, receive, and view while using a public Wi-Fi connection is up for grabs by hackers, governments, and even that unassuming guy sitting next to you on the same network.
And it's not only people stealing your sensitive data that you have to worry about. Hackers and cybercriminals can also take advantage of your unsecured connection by sending you a slew of viruses, tracking devices, and malware — all of which can compromise your system even further and bring your computer to a grinding halt.
Here are three of the biggest mistakes you can make while using public Wi-Fi.
1)Transferring your Sensitive Data.
Li_Fi Is The New Insanely Fast Wireless Internet
Wi-Fi has revolutionized the experience of connecting online, but it has already been one-upped. The radiowave technology may be soon replaced with Li-Fi, the wireless internet alternative that is 100 times faster than the Wi-Fi we use today. The secret behind Li-Fi, which was invented in 2011 by Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, is that it uses light rather than radiowaves to transfer internet data, and the frequency of light has a range that is 10,000-times greater than radiowaves. Li-Fi has the power to download a full-length HD movie in just a few seconds.
One Of The Most Common Passwords Is (12345678).
A massive June 2015 Twitter hack suggests that it might be wise to take a course on internet security. The hack of almost 32 million users revealed that more than 120,000 of them used the foolishly simple "12345678" as their passcodes. (Other popular passwords were "password," "qwerty," and "123456789.") Though simple and obvious passwords can be easy to guess and figure out, sometimes it doesn't make a difference. If a hacker is logging your keystrokes, then it doesn't matter how complicated and strong your password is. Two-step authentication is the safest way for a website to protect its users' information. For this process, an additional passcode is texted or emailed to you to ensure you're the one trying to log into your own account. We've collected some awesome videos on this topic. Watch them now to learn more.
What Is the Moon's Wifi Password.
Next time you trouble connecting to wifi here on Earth, you might be shocked to know that you'd have no problem getting online on the moon. Not only is the moon a wifi hotspot, the speed of the internet on the moon is ultra fast. NASA and MIT researchers recently debuted a new rig that uses pulses of laser light to transport data from Earth to the moon 238,900 miles away. It's possible to get 19.44 megabits per second upload speed on the moon, which is near the fastest speeds you can get on Earth.
When we're we tend to need to access our most vital and sensitive information more often. Bank accounts need to be checked regularly to ensure there are enough funds to get home, social security numbers need to be transferred to secure travel visas, credit cards need to be used online to pay for train tickets that would otherwise require a currency conversion; the list is endless.
Unless you need to access or transfer this delicate information in an emergency, we suggest holding off until you're on a secure Internet connection (preferably one in which an actual cable is connecting your computer to the router id of Wi-Fi). It's just too easy for hackers to pull this data from public Wi-Fi connections with a few quick clicks.
You wonder why these hackers, who seem to have the world's largest governments shaking in their boots, would be interested in your relatively unimportant credit card numbers. Here's why: The average personto be far more desirable as a hacking target than a government office or major corporation, since average people so often fail to safeguard their information online. Governments and corporations, on the other hand, have teams of professionals in place to fight against potential breaches.
Li_Fi Is The New Insanely Fast Wireless Internet
One Of The Most Common Passwords Is (12345678).
What Is the Moon's Wifi Password.
Next time you trouble connecting to wifi here on Earth, you might be shocked to know that you'd have no problem getting online on the moon. Not only is the moon a wifi hotspot, the speed of the internet on the moon is ultra fast. NASA and MIT researchers recently debuted a new rig that uses pulses of laser light to transport data from Earth to the moon 238,900 miles away. It's possible to get 19.44 megabits per second upload speed on the moon, which is near the fastest speeds you can get on Earth.
