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Traveling for the holidays? Think carefully about public Wi-Fi

Written by Alex Applegate | Dec 15, 2023 10:37:55 PM

Roughly 160 million Americans are expected to travel this holiday season between late November through mid-January, marking a return to what feels more like pre-pandemic trends. And of those, about 56% are expected to stay in hotels. 

As more and more of people’s lives are lived online, it’s important not to leave cyber hygiene at home when traveling this holiday season — especially while working from the road. Hotel Wi-Fi networks are notoriously poorly secured, raising the risks for those logging in.