Using public WIFI: protect your connection with VPN

01 Aug, 2012 · Alan Summers Updated 03 Oct, 2025

Many European capitals have already been praised with providing free WIFI access in the parks and other public places. Now Moscow joins the trend with free WIFI available in 14 parks.

While this fashion for working on your laptop in the park is very tempting, especially in the summer, how many realize the risks of internet browsing with public WIFI?

You’re at risk whenever you use WiFi on a public network. Anyone with a Firefox browser and a Firesheep tool can hijack your s

essions on the same network using a few dozen popular content, commerce, and social-networking sites by snarfing cookies that pass in the clear. But Firesheep is only the easiest to use of a series of freely available tools that can extract and record data passing openly over networks.

The only way to protect yourself in public WIFI is to secure all the connections over which you pass anything personal, financial, or confidential. Here comes Le VPN!

A virtual private network (VPN) connection encrypts all the data between a device and a VPN server on the other end, making your connection 100% secure, even when using a public WIFI.

Le VPN is fast and easy to install, with subscriptions available from €4.95 per month. More info at www.le-vpn.com

About the author

Alan Summers

Le VPN Blog Editor

Alan Summers has been writing and editing for the Le VPN blog for years, covering online privacy, cyber security, and the best ways to get the most out of a VPN. He keeps a close eye on the news that affects internet freedom around the world and turns it into practical advice for Le VPN readers.

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