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Marcus Reed

Marcus began as a systems administrator before moving into cybersecurity at a managed-security and web-hosting company, and then into tech writing. He handles security, privacy and browsers at 9sBlog — Chrome and Edge, passwords and accounts, tracking, DNS, and staying safe without the scare tactics.

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Is Public Wi-Fi Actually Safe to Use?

The old "hackers sniff your passwords on open Wi-Fi" fear is mostly obsolete thanks to HTTPS. Here's the accurate 2026 threat picture and what still matters.

5 min read