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Plus, troubleshooting “file in use” messages. Q. If I get a VPN (a virtual private network), will it protect the computer against malicious software? A. A VPN encrypts the data that you send and receive over your Internet connection to protect it from snoopers looking to steal passwords and other information. If you use public wireless networks, using a VPN helps keep personal information private. Learn more: . - http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/dangers-of-wifi-in-public-places/ 
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Open Wi-Fi networks can be a godsend when you need them. Michael P. Kassner interviews a network-security expert who explains why bad guys like them e
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March 28, 2014 6:24 AM
consider about free wifi is security or not, when you start to connect it ,just takes few seconds to check the security setting
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Although iOS generates seemingly random passwords for its hotspots to eliminate the use of 'default' passwords, researchers at a German university have found that
===> they are able to break these passwords in under a minute. <===
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You may want to think twice about using your iPhone as a wireless hotspot. A group of researchers from the Department Informatik at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany deve...
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===> You may want to think twice about using your iPhone as a wireless hotspot. <=== A group of researchers from the Department Informatik at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany developed software allowing them to crack the Apple’s personal hotspot passwords in less than a minute. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
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July 21, 2013 4:25 PM
===> You may want to think twice about using your iPhone as a wireless hotspot. <===
A group of researchers from the Department Informatik at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany developed software allowing them to crack the Apple’s personal hotspot passwords in less than a minute.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
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July 21, 2013 4:27 PM
===> You may want to think twice about using your iPhone as a wireless hotspot. <===
A group of researchers from the Department Informatik at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany developed software allowing them to crack the Apple’s personal hotspot passwords in less than a minute.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
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If you use your iPhone or iPad as a Wi-Fi hotspot, don't let it generate the passphrase for you.
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Q. If I get a VPN (a virtual private network), will it protect the computer against malicious software?
A. A VPN encrypts the data that you send and receive over your Internet connection to protect it from snoopers looking to steal passwords and other information. If you use public wireless networks, using a VPN helps keep personal information private.
Learn more:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/dangers-of-wifi-in-public-places/