Stop Sharing Your Wireless Network Connection (Wi-Fi or Hotspot) with Strangers esp. as POS Agents

What is a wireless network connection?

A wireless network connection is a means of connecting to a network or the internet with no physical wires or cables.

It is the use of radio waves to pass on data or internet connection between two or more devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops.

Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) is a technology tool used by wireless network connections to connect multiple browsing devices. 

Dangers of Sharing Wireless Network Connection (Wi-Fi or Hotspot)

Security risk is the first danger you will encounter when you share your wireless network connection (Wi-Fi or hotspot) with other browsing device untrusted users.

Giving internet access to your network can reveal your personal data, such as login details, email(s), credit card information, passwords, addresses, and date of birth, formerly saved on your smartphone or on a Gmail account, as well as other sensitive information like videos, photos, and documents to the hackers.

Second, it can lead to the spreading of malware and viruses, which can compromise your device security and result in data theft, i.e., the stealing of personal data.

Third, sharing your wireless network connection (Wi-Fi or hotspot) unknowingly with unsecured devices can endanger your network to possible hacking attempts, and once you lose control of it, you cannot know what they (hackers) are doing.

Fourth, by sharing your wireless fidelity or hotspot with untrusted users, your Domain Name System (DNS) may be spoofed and redirected to fake websites without your intent.

Fifth, you could be held liable or accountable for any illegal activities carried out through your network in the process of sharing your hotspot or Wi-Fi, such as access gained to illegal websites or downloading copyrighted content in the form of photos, videos, or documents.

Latest Update about Wi-Fi or Hotspot Sharing to the Public especially as POS Agents

This is to notify the public, particularly POS agents, that they should STOP sharing their hotspot or Wi-Fi with strangers or unknown customers.

Scammers' or Yahoo Boys' latest deceptive strategy is to use wireless network connections, whether HOTSPOT or Wi-Fi, to defraud people of their hard-earned money or savings.

Fraudsters are currently defrauding people, mainly POS operators, by just using or sharing the hotspot connections of the victims.

To carry out this fraudulent act, they will pretend that they do not have data subscriptions or network connections on their mobile smartphones and appeal to you to share your hotspots with them. 

If you agree to share your hotspot, you will be innocently exposed yourself to their planned swindles or thefts without them touching or having physical access to your phone devices.

To be forewarned is to be forearmed! Please take this update seriously since technology is evolving, apps are growing, the economy is struggling, and it is important to quit making the same mistakes that other people have made.

How to Minimise the Dangers of Sharing Wireless Network Connection (Wi-Fi or Hotspot)

You can avoid or minimise the dangers of sharing a wireless network connection (Wi-Fi or hotspot) by doing the following:

[1.] Create strong passwords that have the combination of capital letters, small letters, numbers, and symbols, e.g., *, #, _, etc.

[2.] Apply Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to your traditional username and password.

[3.] Check your network activity or the number of users who joined your hotspot regularly.

[4.] Set the number of devices that can connect to your Wi-Fi under your phone settings.

[5.] Activate or authorise Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) encryption.

Conclusively, for security reasons, please do not share your mobile devices and Internet connections with strangers or unknown people.

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