AwarenessYour devices, car & home
Insecure & public Wi-Fi (evil twin)
Fake hotspots and open networks that watch your traffic.
Understand it
An “evil twin” is a rogue Wi-Fi hotspot named to resemble a real one - a café, a hotel. Connect, and the operator can watch or alter what you send. Open networks offer little protection in any case.
How to spot it
Two networks with almost identical names, an open hotspot where you would expect a password, odd certificate warnings.
Close the gap
- Avoid signing into sensitive accounts on public Wi-Fi.
- Use a trusted VPN, or your phone’s own data, instead.
- Confirm you are on the genuine network before connecting.
- Never wave away a browser security or certificate warning.
What to do about it
This is what your gadgets and network quietly give off. You can't silence all of it, but reviewing each device's privacy settings - and the device steps in your plan - pulls it back a long way.