How to stay safe on public WiFi while travelling


Having free WiFi when youre travelling is great. But should you connect to that hotspot at the airport?

For travellers who would rather not activate mobile data roaming on their phone or get an international SIM card, we often turn to free public WiFi abroad. But just how safe is the practice of connecting your device to an unknown hotspot?

The World Tourism Organisation reported that international tourist arrivals last reached a total of 1.322 million worldwide. As the number of global travellers grow, so do the number of virtual fraudsters.

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