Description

Did you know that when your smartphone isn’tconnected to a Wi-Fi network, it looks for networks it knows bysending a signal identifying itself and any network it remembersconnecting to? It’s like your phone is walking down the streetshouting, “Hey, it’s me. Are you my home, office, or favoritecoffee shop Wi-Fi?” Not exactly private and secure.

McAfee® Safe Wi-Fi protects you by managing your Wi-Ficonnections. The app automatically turns your smartphone’s Wi-Fioff when you leave a hotspot you trust, and turns it back on whenyou’re near a safe, known network.

Turning Wi-Fi off when you don’t want to connect is also a greatway to extend your battery life.

Your phone’s Wi-Fi isn’t as secure as you think
When Wi-Fi is on, your smartphone is broadcasting:
• its unique identifier (MAC address)
• names of Wi-Fi networks (SSIDs) you’ve previously connectedto

That’s all that’s needed to track your location or — here’s thescary part — trick your phone into connecting to a risky imposternetwork.

This means if you use a hotel’s Wi-Fi then stop at a coffeeshop, someone in the coffee shop could set up an imposter Wi-Fihotspot using the hotel network’s name. Why? To trick your phoneinto connecting to it so they can steal your personal info.

Protecting your privacy
McAfee® Safe Wi-Fi uses cell tower IDs to know where you are andonly turns Wi-Fi on when you’re in a cell zone containing a hotspotyou trust.
The app also lets you know when your phone connects to a Wi-Finetwork, so you always know what’s happening.
This means:
• your movements can’t be tracked through Wi-Fi
• you’ll know when your phone connects to a Wi-Fi hotspot
• your battery will last longer with Wi-Fi turned off

McAfee® Safe Wi-Fi respects your privacy and doesn’t collectyour personal info, but the app might ask for some permissions toprotect your device better. Best of all — it’s a free app with noads.