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  2. PRIVATE WiFi Mobile FAQs - AOL Help

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    If you are using an iPhone on iOS 7 and cannot complete the activation process, follow these steps: 1. Return to the Home screen and delete the PRIVATE WiFi mobile app. Note: To delete the app, tap and hold the icon, and tap the X when it appears. Press the Home button to complete the process. 2.

  3. PRIVATE WiFi® Quick Start Guide - AOL Help

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    PRIVATE WiFi will automatically activate and connect to an encrypted server whenever you access the internet. If you change this default setting, you can activate PRIVATE WiFi at any time clicking on the status icon ( PC: right-click the icon in the Taskbar at the bottom right of your screen, Mac: click the Menu Bar icon at the top right of ...

  4. PRIVATE WiFi FAQs - AOL Help

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    PRIVATE WiFi assigns you an anonymous, untraceable IP address that hides your actual IP address and location; PRIVATE WiFi solves the inherent security problems of public WiFi hotspots by giving you the same encryption technology used by corporations, big banks, and the government; PRIVATE WIFI also works for wired internet connections

  5. Piggybacking (Internet access) - Wikipedia

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    Wi-Fi hotspots, unsecured and secured, have been recorded to some degree with GPS-coordinates. Some sites host searchable databases or maps of the locations of user-submitted access points. The activity of finding and mapping locations has also been crowdsourced by many smartphone apps.

  6. Legality of piggybacking - Wikipedia

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    Laws regarding "unauthorized access of a computer network" exist in many legal codes, though the wording and meaning differs from one to the next.However, the interpretation of terms like "access" and "authorization" is not clear, and there is no general agreement on whether piggybacking (intentional access of an open Wi-Fi network without harmful intent) falls under this classification. [1]

  7. Wi-Fi Protected Setup - Wikipedia

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    Some devices with dual-band wireless network connectivity do not allow the user to select the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band (or even a particular radio or SSID) when using Wi-Fi Protected Setup, unless the wireless access point has separate WPS button for each band or radio; however, a number of later wireless routers with multiple frequency bands and ...

  8. Wireless security - Wikipedia

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    Wireless security is the prevention of unauthorized access or damage to computers or data using wireless networks, which include Wi-Fi networks. The term may also refer to the protection of the wireless network itself from adversaries seeking to damage the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the network.

  9. Are Open Wi-Fi Networks Safe? - AOL

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    The risks depend considerably on what kind of Wi-Fi network you’re using. Public Wi-Fi networks—found in airports, coffee shops, and other public spaces­ where you should never use public Wi ...