{"id":24076,"date":"2021-06-28T16:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T20:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=24076"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:30","slug":"security-tips-for-using-public-wifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/28\/security-tips-for-using-public-wifi\/","title":{"rendered":"Security tips for using public WiFi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-wide-600x238.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-wide-600x238.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-wide-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-wide-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-wide-665x264.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-wide.png 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know you should choose a secure <a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/enterprise\/wifi-networks\/wifi\">U-M WiFi option<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\/secure-your-devices\/home-wireless-network\">secure home wireless network<\/a> whenever possible, but what if you find yourself stuck needing an internet connection and free public WiFi is all that&#8217;s available? Here are steps you can take to protect yourself and U-M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Start by using a VPN<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\/be-safe-online\/secure-connection\">Secure Your Internet Connection<\/a> on the Safe Computing website includes best practices for securing your connection, and can help you find the appropriate VPN for your campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>MiWorkspace Windows Users:<\/strong> Direct Access protects many of your connections to U-M resources for remote work. You may still need to use the U-M VPN to connect to some resources and should still use a VPN to secure personal connections.<\/li><li><strong>MiWorkspace Mac Users:<\/strong> Your MiWorkspace Mac is configured to use the U-M VPN.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Be aware of what you share<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pay attention to any information that free WiFi setup asks for. Don&#8217;t over-share personal information, and don&#8217;t save a free network for automatic connection later. Avoid doing important personal business like banking or shopping on free networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\/be-safe-online\/secure-connection\/public-wifi\">Security Tips for Using Public WiFi<\/a> on the Safe Computing website for more tips and links to helpful resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use these tips to protect sensitive data when using free WiFi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":24077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[180,269,83],"class_list":["post-24076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","tag-miworkspace","tag-vpn","tag-wifi"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi.png",513,709,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-400x266.png",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-217x300.png",217,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi.png",513,709,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-434x600.png",434,600,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi.png",513,709,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi.png",513,709,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-513x300.png",513,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi.png",513,709,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/caution-free-wifi-400x250.png",400,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Matt Ranville, ITS Privacy Office","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mrr\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Use these tips to protect sensitive data when using free WiFi.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24076"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24087,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24076\/revisions\/24087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}