Content written nd published by The Wall Street Journal
MBA News Digest Comment: With as much travel as we all do it is comforting to know that our Wi-Fi connections are safer than ever.
Extracted Content: For as long as we’ve had access to public Wi-Fi networks—the ones in the airport, the Starbucks around the corner and your hotel room—we’ve been told the same thing. They’re unsafe. You should never enter sensitive information while on a public network, the advice goes, or even think about logging into your bank account. The second you log on, you’e practically begging hackers to steal all your data.
But while you should always think twice before entering sensitive information, the public Wi-Fi story has changed. In recent years, the internet itself has gotten more secure. So have your devices and the networks themselves. It’s still true that logging on to a public Wi-Fi incurs certain security and privacy risks—but they’re generally the same ones you encounter anytime you’re online, at least in the U.S. Connecting to networks comes with different risks in different countries.