Tips to manage inflight wifi

Black spots Even with new tech, the long journey taken by your data can cause dropouts, slow speeds and high latency. Certain countries also ban internet within their airspace or impose restrictions on data handling. International airlines often deactivate the service over India for this reason. Remember too that aircraft usually run just one external internet connection. Your data shares that invisible line with everybody else, creating bottlenecks to slower speeds. Protect your data Using public wifi brings about security concerns. Inflight networks are usually unencrypted, making data easy for others to intercept. Using a VPN can help mitigate these risks by encrypting your traffic between your device and a server on the ground. That's the case even if the hotspot itself isn't secured. Frankly, I never connect to inflight…

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