82% of People Say They Connect To Any Free WiFi That's Available in a Public Place, Survey Finds

Have you ever been in a public place and hopped onto a public WiFi network? From a report: We conducted a survey of 1,195 US residents over the past two weeks asking about internet connectivity and one interesting trend stood out. 82% of respondents (980 total) said they connect to any freely available network while out in public. When asked about the security implications of such a decision, the majority of the respondents said they didn’t think about such things, and that it wasn’t a concern for them.

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