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Online Safety – WiFi

At the recent Online Safety event hosted by AARP Washington, a new AARP commissioned survey was released detailing Washingtonian’s online habits.  The survey, called “Shady Signals,” showed there was significant room for improvement both in the delivery of online education to the consumer, as well as adjusting consumer habits to reduce the opportunities for fraud or other criminal activities to occur.

The key findings included:

  • Over half (61%) of Washington adult internet users do not have online access to all of their bank accounts; and nearly three-quarters (71%) say they do not have online access to all of their credit card accounts.
  • Approximately 25% of users who report using free public WiFi, say they used free public WiFi to do their banking (25%) or purchase a product with a credit card (22%) in the three months prior to taking this survey.
  • Those with smartphones note that one in four (25%) say they do not have a passcode on that phone, and over one-third (35%) of those ages 50 and older say they do not have a passcode on their phone.

What should you do?

Users should monitor their accounts, each and every day for charges which “mysteriously” appear on their accounts and engage their credit card issuer or bank immediately when an anomaly is seen.  Additionally, do not reuse passwords used with your banking accounts.  These should always be unique.

With respect to WiFi, as noted in the KIRO7 interview of Christopher Burgess, the voice of Senior Online Safety – Know the networks to which you are connecting, ensuring you limit your browsing when using public networks, and always use HTTPS connectivity when available.

If you missed this event, don’t worry, the next is June 10 in Spokane (see below).  Or you can watch his presentation above.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”mulled_wine” align=”align_center” border_width=”5″][vc_single_image image=”4748″ border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”” img_link_target=”_self” title=”AARP Online Safety Events” img_size=”2178×556″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” link=”http://#”][vc_column_text]

Next AARP Online Safety Event:

June 10

Spokane Centerplace Regional Event Center
2426 N. Discovery Place
Spokane, WA 99216

9:00am – Noon

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