3. Paying bills while on the road
Nowadays, with the push of a few buttons, you can pay your bills online anywhere you are. But you better think twice before catching up on monthly bills while relaxing by the hotel pool. If you pay your bills online, hackers can use hotel Wi-Fi networks to snoop on you.
“Even legitimate networks hosted by establishments can be open to digital eavesdropping, so if you were to make a purchase with a credit card, an adversary could steal it,” Henderson says. Not to mention that carrying around paper bills can also be risky since anyone with access to your belongings can swipe them.
