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  2. PRIVATE WiFi FAQs - AOL Help

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    PRIVATE WiFi is a virtual private network (VPN) security software that protects your identity and sensitive information by encrypting everything you send and receive over public WiFi networks so that your online activity is invisible to threats.

  3. Wi-Fi deauthentication attack - Wikipedia

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    One of the main purposes of deauthentication used in the hacking community is to force clients to connect to an evil twin access point which then can be used to capture network packets transferred between the client and the access point. The attacker conducts a deauthentication attack to the target client, disconnecting it from its current ...

  4. Piggybacking (Internet access) - Wikipedia

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    Piggybacking on Internet access is the practice of establishing a wireless Internet connection by using another subscriber's wireless Internet access service without the subscriber's explicit permission or knowledge. It is a legally and ethically controversial practice, with laws that vary by jurisdiction around the world.

  5. Wi-Fi Protected Setup - Wikipedia

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    Wi-Fi Protected Setup ( WPS) originally, Wi-Fi Simple Config, is a network security standard to create a secure wireless home network . Created by Cisco and introduced in 2006, the purpose of the protocol is to allow home users who know little of wireless security and may be intimidated by the available security options to set up Wi-Fi ...

  6. Wi-Fi Protected Access - Wikipedia

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    Wi-Fi Protected Access ( WPA ), Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 ( WPA2 ), and Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 ( WPA3) are the three security certification programs developed after 2000 by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks. The Alliance defined these in response to serious weaknesses researchers had found in the previous system, Wired ...

  7. McAfee Internet Security Suite - Special Edition from AOL FAQs

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    McAfee Internet Security Suite – Special edition from AOL provides premium security protection for up to three computers against the latest online threats in four important ways: Guards your PC with anti-virus software; Blocks potentially unwanted programs with anti-spyware; Helps stop hackers in their tracks with a powerful firewall

  8. inSSIDer - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .metageek .com /products /inssider /. inSSIDer is a Wi-Fi network scanner application for Microsoft Windows and OS X developed by MetaGeek, LLC. [4] It has received awards such as a 2008 Infoworld Bossie Award for "Best of Open Source Software in Networking", [5] but as of inSSIDer 3, it is no longer open-source.

  9. Wireless security - Wikipedia

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    Wireless security. Wireless security is the prevention of unauthorized access or damage to computers or data using wireless networks, which include Wi-Fi networks. The term may also refer to the protection of the wireless network itself from adversaries seeking to damage the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the network.