It’s not just the hotel’s official wifi networks you have to worry about, either. Password-protected networks aren’t much better they may keep out the cheapskates trying to mooch off the public wifi, but fellow users can easily intercept web traffic if they know what they’re doing. Advertisement Why is hotel wifi so sketchy?Ĭonnecting to a public network is a risk anywhere-coffee shops, libraries, and airports-but hotels are one of the worst since hackers have so many possible targets using the same connection.
