VPN for Public Wi-Fi Safety: Stay Secure on Any Network
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. VPN for Public Wi-Fi Safety: Why It Matters the Moment You Land We rolled into our Prague hotel near midnight, one carry-on each, and the first thing I did in the lobby was tap “Hotel_Guest_WiFi” and log into my email. My wife told me to wait until morning. I didn’t listen. The next day there were two networks with almost the same name, and one of them was not the hotel’s. I’ll come back to that, because it’s the whole reason I now think a VPN for public Wi-Fi safety belongs on your phone before you fly: it encrypts every password, card number and message you send on hotel, airport and cafe networks, so it doesn’t matter who else is lurking on the same connection. ...