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An email we recently received from a PRIVATE WiFi™ subscriber highlights a serious security issue for hotspot users on many Amtrak trains. What happens when you have VPN software to protect your sensitive information, but Amtrak prevents you from using it.
The answer might make you think twice before you connect. Read More
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
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.
With so many airlines offering — or planning to offer — wireless Internet service, are airline companies inadvertently risking their passengers’ safety? Read More
The problem of hacking and wireless crime is only getting worse, and getting worse fast, according to a local Florida news station.
This local news video warns that “if you are on an untrusted network, don’t trust it,” and that’s wise advice whether you’re traveling internationally or simply working at your local coffee shop.
Indeed, as we’ve long pointed out, WiFi hotspots are inherently unsafe and the only true protection is a personal VPN like Private WiFi. A personal VPN will encrypt your information and keep hackers from stealing what no one else should see. Read More
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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
Forbes featured an in-depth article this week about the risks inherent in hotel wireless networks. It highlights the importance of using a personal virtual private network (VPN).
The article includes new warnings from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center — for example, tips such as “download software updates direct from the vendor’s website” — but the Forbes writer opines further and offers the following words of advice:
In addition to this, I would recommend that all important information — including, but not limited to, emails, documents, IMs and web logins — is sent over secure HTTP or a VPN.
Skype has just announced it is offering free wifi in 60 U.S. airports through December 27.
The service is available to travelers on PCs, Macs, and iPhones.
While a company spokesperson says its efforts are aimed at “helping people maintain meaningful connections this holiday season from wherever they may be,” privacy-savvy travelers should limit what they share online in wireless networks. It’s always best to avoid accessing sensitive information over wireless networks unless the data is encrypted with a personal VPN like PRIVATE WiFi.
Here’s a handy list to remind you where to find Skype’s limited free offering: Read More
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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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
WiFi in airplanes is expensive — up to $12.95 for a single flight. So one can assume that those who use it have important, and probably confidential, information that they need to communicate. However, the fact is that wifi in airplanes is just as insecure as free wifi offered in your corner coffee shop. Read on to learn why. Read More
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