How secure is your home Wi-Fi, really?

Wi-Fi is a fundamental part of most people’s home internet setups. However, for how important it is, we rarely think about how secure our Wi-Fi setups are. Routers provided by an ISP tend to work straight out of the box, so it’s easy to just plug it in and assume the Wi-Fi settings you’re using are good enough.

That might hold true most of the time, but there are a couple of huge security holes in Wi-Fi you should be aware of before you connect your shiny new Wi-Fi-enabled router to the internet. We’ve put together a quick primer explaining how home Wi-Fi works and the pitfalls you need to look out for if you want to improve your Wi-Fi security.

How your home Wi-Fi works

Understanding exactly how Wi-Fi works will give you a better idea of how you can make ...