If you are renting a temporary place for remote work or planning a future Airbnb getaway, chances are it will come with free WiFi. Even if the WiFi is protected behind a password, that doesn’t make it automatically safe and private. For starters, the host could be accessing the network to track what you do online. Also, if they haven’t changed the password between guests, any prior guest could reconnect alongside you. Plus, an earlier guest could have accessed the rental’s router and installed software that allows them to snoop on it remotely. Much to consider! Short of skipping the WiFi entirely, the best course of action is to use a trusted VPN whenever you’re connecting your computer, phone or tablet to a rental’s internet. This goes for hotels and hostels, too.

As jo in tydlik plak hiere foar wurkjen op ôfstân of in takomstich Airbnb-útsje planne, is de kâns grut dat jo fergees wifi krije. Sels as de wifi befeilige is mei in wachtwurd, makket dat it net automatysk feilich en privee. Om te begjinnen soe de gasthear tagong krije kinne ta it netwurk om by te hâlden wat jo online dogge. En as se it wachtwurd tusken gasten net wizige hawwe, kinne eardere gasten tegearre mei jo opnij ferbining meitsje. Boppedat hie in eardere gast tagong krije kinne ta de router fan de ferhierlokaasje en software ynstallearre hawwe wêrmei’t se op ôfstân spionearje kinne. In protte om oer nei te tinken! Yn stee fan de wifi hielendal oer te slaan, kinne jo it beste in fertroude VPN brûke wannear’t jo jo kompjûter, telefoan of tablet ferbine mei it ynternet fan in ferhierbedriuw. Dit jildt ek foar hotels en hostels.