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4 ways to stay safe on public Wi-Fi

Traveling is once again becoming common these days, whether to far-distant locales for a vacation or just down to the local cafe to enjoy the ambiance. That means it’s time to bring back old familiar practices, too. Like everything else we’re having to relearn (how does small talk work again?), good practices security on public Wi-Fi might need a bit of a refresher.

People can snoop on what sites you access, which is a privacy issue as well as a potential security problem. Here are four quick

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