In today’s plugged-in world, most of us rely on the Internet for nearly everything from shopping and banking to communicating with family members. Whereas increasing reliance on the internet has exposed opportunities for doing just about anything remotely, it also increases the chances that cyber thieves will target your home Wi-Fi network looking for a weak point to pry into. Thus, securing your home network is critical to your own privacy.
The Importance of Router Settings
But for privacy lawyer Alysa Hutnik, the most common mistake isn’t what people do but rather what they don’t: namely, change the default settings on their Wi-Fi routers. The default settings on every router are public knowledge, and that’s how hackers get in. “You wouldn’t leave your front door open,” she points out-a failure to alter these default settings is a little different from that.
The very first thing in securing your Wi-Fi network is changing the default password to something strong and unique. This would reduce the chances of unauthorised access significantly. You may also want to take a look at all the other configurations you can make on your router to optimise security features.
Encryption: Protecting Your Data
Another thing you should do to secure your home network is to enable encryption. Most of the current routers do offer some form of encryption options, like WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access). This encrypts information in such a way that while travelling over your network, it mak
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