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  2. Opportunistic Wireless Encryption - Wikipedia

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    Screenshot of Android Wi-Fi configuration with the Security set to "Enhanced Open" Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) is a Wi-Fi standard which ensures that communication between a public hotspot and end devices is protected from other end devices. In contrast to conventional public hotspots, the data is transmitted in encrypted form.

  3. Tethering - Wikipedia

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    Tethering over Wi-Fi, also known as Personal Hotspot, is available on iOS starting with iOS 4.2.5 (or later) on iPhone 4 or iPad (3rd gen), certain Windows Mobile 6.5 devices like the HTC HD2, Windows Phone 7, 8 and 8.1 devices (varies by manufacturer and model), and certain Android phones (varies widely depending on carrier, manufacturer, and ...

  4. Loading, activating and deactivating PRIVATE WiFi - AOL Help

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    In addition, the PRIVATE WiFi icon in the system tray turns from red to green. To deactivate PRIVATE WiFi: 1. Right-click on the PRIVATE WiFi icon in your system tray. 2. Select Deactivate. PRIVATE WiFi is deactivated. Note: Even though PRIVATE WiFi is deactivated, it is still running in the background of your computer. The PRIVATE WiFi icon in ...

  5. Security and privacy of iOS - Wikipedia

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    iOS devices can have a passcode that is used to unlock the device, make changes to system settings, and encrypt the device's contents. Until recently, these were typically four numerical digits long. However, since unlocking the devices with a fingerprint by using Touch ID has become more widespread, six-digit passcodes are now the default on ...

  6. Comparison of mobile phone standards - Wikipedia

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    Cellular network standards and generation timeline. This is a comparison of standards of wireless networking technologies for devices such as mobile phones.A new generation of cellular standards has appeared approximately every tenth year since 1G systems were introduced in 1979 and the early to mid-1980s.

  7. Mobile data offloading - Wikipedia

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    The approach is called Interworking Wireless LAN (IWLAN) [19] architecture and it is a solution to transfer IP data between a mobile device and operator's core network through a Wi-Fi access. In the IWLAN architecture, a mobile device opens a VPN/IPsec tunnel from the device to the dedicated IWLAN server in the operator's core network to ...

  8. Mobile security - Wikipedia

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    Mobile security, or mobile device security, is the protection of smartphones, tablets, and laptops from threats associated with wireless computing. [1] It has become increasingly important in mobile computing. The security of personal and business information now stored on smartphones is of particular concern. [2]

  9. Roaming - Wikipedia

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    Roaming is a wireless telecommunication term typically used with mobile devices, such as mobile phones. It refers to a mobile phone being used outside the range of its native network and connecting to another available cell network .