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The 3 Riskiest Online Mistakes Travelers Make Every Holiday Season

Skim any travel website this holiday season and you’re bound to find an article or two about online security and traveling.  The articles certainly raise awareness of the precarious security situation while in airports and hotels, but they also generally fall short in a few ways.

Read more to learn three tips that supplement any on-the-road security plan to safeguard your sensitive personal information and avoid having your identity (or credit card number) stolen this month. Read More

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Boingo, the World’s Leading Wifi Provider, Calls Hotspots Inherently Insecure, Recommends VPNs

The “world’s leading” provider of wifi call hotspots inherently insecure, and that individual users need to take responsibility for their privacy and security. Indeed, their #1 recommendation is to use a personal VPN. Click the headline above for what this means before you log on in a wireless hotspot again! Read More

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Got Gogo? Infographic of In-Flight Wifi Habits May Surprise You!

Researchers at Gogo — the in-flight WiFi provider for several major U.S. airlines — analyzed its wireless network data and shared its findings with Mashable in infographic form (click the link  to see the full image and report). One interesting fact is that nearly 80% of travelers who use in-flight WiFi are lugging around both a tablet and a laptop. Does this describe your traveling habits? Is your laptop just for work purposes while the tablet is for social networking? Leave a comment below and share your in-flight WiFi habits! Read More

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Ask the Expert: What Exactly Is a VPN?

You’ve heard VPN used several times, but do you REALLY know how it works? In this latest “Ask the Expert” series, Private WiFi’s CEO Kent Lawson explains what a virtual private network really does to ensure your computer safety, particularly at your most vulnerable moments — using the Internet in WiFi hotspots such as a coffee shop, hotel room, or airport lounge. Read More

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