how to know whether a public Wi-Fi is secured or risky??

Any wifi network that you can join without entering a password, or with a publicly shared password, is risky. This is because anyone else using the network can see everything that you receive and send on the network. Note that anyone connected to your private home network can also see everything you send and receive on the network, but it is assumed that you have only allowed trustworthy people to access your home network. This is mainly a concern when you access sites using HTTP connections. If you are using HTTPS, then all of your network requests are encrypted and will not be readable to anyone who happens to intercept them.

is the wi-fi at a airport safe??

In my taste, U.S. airports are secure (most of them are very secure) and those airports can be packed with security and anti-drug [tracking] dogs. So I think U.S. airport WI-FI can be safe to assume. However, I would still log in with caution if I were you.

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Course: Internet safety > Unit 1

Lesson 4: Ask Google: How can I be sure I’m surfing the web safely?

Why you should actually read the URL & be careful with free Wi-Fi

Name: Why you should actually read the URL & be careful with free Wi-Fi
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Description: What does that “HTTPS” in a URL mean? Why should you consider what Wi-Fi you’re using? To learn more about how you can keep yourself safe while on the Internet, visit: internet-safety.khanacademy.org

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What does that “HTTPS” in a URL mean? Why should you consider what Wi-Fi you’re using? To learn more about how you can keep yourself safe while on the Internet, visit: internet-safety.khanacademy.org. Created by Sal Khan.

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INAM TECHO
Posted a year ago. Direct link to INAM TECHO's post “how to know whether a pub...”
how to know whether a public Wi-Fi is secured or risky??
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- Evan Lewis
  Posted 9 months ago. Direct link to Evan Lewis's post “Any wifi network that you...”
  Any wifi network that you can join without entering a password, or with a publicly shared password, is risky. This is because anyone else using the network can see everything that you receive and send on the network.
  
  Note that anyone connected to your private home network can also see everything you send and receive on the network, but it is assumed that you have only allowed trustworthy people to access your home network.
  
  This is mainly a concern when you access sites using HTTP connections. If you are using HTTPS, then all of your network requests are encrypted and will not be readable to anyone who happens to intercept them.
  (7 votes)
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Posted 9 months ago. Direct link to maata.ghasemi-pirkoohi's post “is the wi-fi at a airport...”
is the wi-fi at a airport safe??
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- L.E.G.
  Posted 9 months ago. Direct link to L.E.G.'s post “In my taste, U.S. airport...”
  In my taste, U.S. airports are secure (most of them are very secure) and those airports can be packed with security and anti-drug [tracking] dogs.
  So I think U.S. airport WI-FI can be safe to assume. However, I would still log in with caution if I were you.
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Jason morales
Posted 3 months ago. Direct link to Jason morales's post “How could VPN's stop this...”
How could VPN's stop this? just asking :)
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0614142651
Posted 7 months ago. Direct link to 0614142651's post “Its great that they are t...”
Its great that they are teaching us this so nothing bad happens to us, it will also help us learn consequences once we do something bad.
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stacypatrice
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Wait so if it says https then it’s safe and if it says http its not private?
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- Drew Zadorozhniy - Berchtolzthofen
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  Yes, as far as I understand http protocol sends data in plain text.
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Why does he keep talking to girls..?🧐 there HAS to be men working on Google, right?
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so she's telling us to use private net?
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  tecnically yes
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how do you know if the computer you just bought is bad?
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Why do I have to "leave (the) site" to watch the next videos?
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could VPN's stop this?
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- So Kelly, you've convinced me that I should be wary as I browse the internet. What should I be doing to make sure that I can, I can leverage the internet but not get into trouble? - Well, I think it all starts with where you're connecting to the internet. So first off, like you, it's great if you're using your own device which you trust and your own wifi network at home or at work, that's kind of the safest option. When you're traveling or when you're out and about and at a cafe, that's where, you know, the internet can start to get a little bit more risky just by nature. So, you know, the worst thing could be a computer like in a hotel lobby where you can log in to get your pass or your boarding pass printed out, because you don't know who else has used that computer, you don't know what they put on it. That's completely, you know, risky. It could be that they've downloaded something to, spyware onto the computer. It could be that they've plugged something in that's dangerous. You know, it depends. If you're just doing something safe like looking up a local restaurant, that's pretty low risk. But once you're starting to think about typing, you know your username and password into a computer, that's where I would personally be a little more cautious. You know? And then also you can think about free public wifi networks. You really have to think about if you trust the network. So a lot of times, you know, most sites use hps encryption. So that means between you and that site, everything you're sending is private. It doesn't mean the site is safe, it just means that you guys have a private connection. - So make sure I understand this point, especially if you're using a public network to ensure, look at the url, see the https instead of the http before, as part of the url. Then you at least know that the communications between you and the site is private. You still have to make sure it's not a shady site but at least other people on that network aren't going to be able to see what your password is or what you're typing and things like that. - Yeah, exactly. Exactly.