Bahar Ferguson in his article “Keeping Your Information safe: The dangers of using public Wi-Fi” discusses the different aspects of public Wi-Fi from what harm it does to how to stay protected. He starts off appraising his audience with the fact that hackers are able to very easily access their personal information when using public Wi-Fi. He suggests not execute personal or sensitive tasks such as online purchases, which includes entering one’s credit card number. A solution he gives to anyone that is absolutely in need of it is the use of a VPN. Ferguson also recommends keeping your firewall turned and avoiding the use of public USB charging stations.
My thesis also focused on the downside of public Wi-Fi and why it’s a problem. This article gave me further insight on my topic. It cleared my question, exactly how easily does public Wifi make our networks vulnerable? Originally, I wasn’t aware of the different implementations we can make while using public Wi-Fi that can keep us a little more secure as compared to if we didn’t use them. The main conclusion that can be derived is to use public Wi-Fi cautiously, know which one’s may be safer than others and always take precautions. Taking these things into consideration, public Wi-Fi, although not being the best resource it is trustable to a point and may be used sparingly comfortably.