![]() A stroll through the history of Wi-Fi security serves to highlight both what’s out there right now and why you should avoid older standards. Since the late 1990s, Wi-Fi security protocols have undergone multiple upgrades, with outright deprecation of older protocols and significant revision to newer protocols. WEP, WPA, and WPA2: Wi-Fi Security Through the Ages Understanding the differences between security protocols and implementing the most advanced one your router can support (or upgrading it if it can’t support current gen secure standards) is the difference between offering someone easy access to your home network and not. It’s your network, it’s your data, and if someone hijacks your network for their illegal hijinks, it’ll be your door the police come knocking on. As is the case with all security standards, increasing computer power and exposed vulnerabilities have rendered older Wi-Fi standards at risk. ![]() What does it matter what the little acronym next to the security protocol you chose was? As it turns out, it matters a whole lot. ![]() You did what you were told to do, you logged into your router after you purchased it and plugged it in for the first time, and set a password. ![]() Read on as we highlight the differences between protocols like WEP, WPA, and WPA2-and why it matters which acronym you slap on your home Wi-Fi network. Even if you know you need to secure your Wi-Fi network (and have already done so), you probably find all the security protocol acronyms a little bit puzzling.
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