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Technical Tuesday: How To Stay Safe On Public Wi-Fi
Many of us today are surrounded by free or public Wi-Fi. Burt that is not the necessarily a good thing. In our modern day society we are all attached to our phones/ Mobile devices and basically our entire lives are on them. Meaning that our banking information our bill pay systems and our private emails/ text are all right there. Personally, I try to never use public Wi-Fi if its at all possible. There are a few reasons for this But for the purpose of the post I am going to state the top 3 dangers and also give you some options on how to stay safe. The first on…
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Technical Tuesday: What is Juice Jacking and How do you stop it.
Are you a person who travels a lot or even a little? If so then please for your own safety keep reading. Juice Jacking is when you plug your phone into a public charging station using either the cord provided to you or the cord that you brought with you. Either way, the public charging station then installs a small piece of malware on your phone and BAMM you are hacked. Now, this hacking is not the fault of the company that provided you the charging station (they were just trying to be nice). This hacking is done by a person who is probably miles away and is lurking on…
