Caution! Wireless Networking: Preventing a Data Disaster

In This Chapter

• Understanding why privacy matters

• Threats to Wi-Fi privacy

• Guarding against privacy threats online

• Reading privacy policies carefully

• Vulnerable non-Wi-Fi wireless technology

Most of us want to protect what privacy we have left. A wireless network can threaten your privacy if it isn’t properly secured. Even then, there are threats both online and offline that can undermine your privacy and expose your personal information to theft. This chapter discusses privacy issues and how to protect your personal information both on wireless and wired networks.