Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. There’s no subject guaranteed to rile cybersecurity experts more ...

When you're away from home or the office, you'll often want to connect to wifi—whether you need to check your emails, write a report, download a Spotify playlist, or just aimlessly scroll through ...

Free public Wi-Fi is everywhere; there are over 550 worldwide hotspots, by some estimates. It's rare to find a coffee shop or mall without one, and some countries (such as Singapore) make it freely ...

You know public WiFi isn't especially safe, so why do you use it without a VPN? That's the takeaway from a new survey by cybersecurity software company Panda, which asked 1,000 Americans about their ...

Public Wi-Fi has become part of daily life. You walk into a café, an airport, a hotel lobby, or a shopping mall, and free internet feels like a small win in those moments. No data worries, all you ...

With summer travel driving up public WiFi usage, keeping your online activity private is more important than ever. If you're like me and frequently use public WiFi, you'll appreciate the free VPN ...

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...

While a public Wi-Fi hotspot can be convenient, it may still be a security risk. Here's why you should use one of the best VPNs for Mac while on public Wi-Fi. Access to the Internet is crucial to ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

If you're out of data, the Wi-Fi isn't connecting in your home, or you're just on the go, you can still access the internet through a Wi-Fi hotspot. Many public ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...