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WiFi in the Sky: Is Your Airline Inadvertently Risking Your Online Safety?

Posted on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 by

It’s a perk that is welcome by almost any traveler stuck for hours in a metal tube at 30,000 feet: wireless Internet!

For better or worse, wireless Internet service is almost everywhere.

Alaska Airlines, Virgin America, and Delta have already installed WiFi on its entire mainline fleet. American Airlines will install the service fully by the end of 2012. Same plans are in the works for JetBlue, Southwest, and Icelandair.

Online Safety Risks

With so many airlines offering — or planning to offer — wireless Internet service, are airline companies inadvertently risking their passengers’ safety? Read More

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Washington Post Recommends Personal VPN

Posted on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 by

In a new travel article in The Washington Post‘s Lifestyle section, the author points out the issues involved with traveling abroad and using our smartphones.

One of the points raised is that travelers need to first find a hotspot and “as at home, you’ll be at the mercy of the vagaries of wireless signals.” Read More

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

Posted on Monday, November 14th, 2011 by

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!

Posted on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 by

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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Wifi Security: Copenhagen Airport to Track Passengers Using Wifi Data

Posted on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Copenhagen International Airport will soon implement a new program that tracks passengers’ movements using the wifi signals emitted from their smartphones and laptops. Each traveler is represented by a single dot; different colors distinguish arriving vs. departing travelers. If this Read More

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GOGO INFLIGHT

Posted on Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Airlines include: Air Canada, AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin America, Frontier Airlines, among others

You expressly acknowledge that there are certain security, confidentiality, and privacy risks inherent in wireless communications and technology, and Aircell and Airline do not make any assurances or warranties relating to such risks.

EXCERPTED FROM: GoGo Inflight Internet Service Terms of Use Agreement
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