Tuesday, January 28, 2014

CIOs Issued With Critical Warning On Customer Wifi

Chief information officers across the U.S. have been issued with a serious warning on customer Wi-Fi, after surprising statistics emerged showing the vast wave of unsuitable content that is growing on their networks.

Over three quarters of Wi-Fi hotspots in American cafes, hotels, restaurants and shops allow access to pornographic and extremist content or gambling and sex hook up sites, without any controls to limit what customers access. This means that not only are they failing to protect customers, but their positive brand image may be seriously threatened.

Many brands, according to the research by security firm AdaptiveMobile, are learning the hard way that simple controls are not usually built into Wi-Fi services they are offering in their outlets.

A sign in Columbia City, Seattle, Washington indicates that the entire neighborhood is a wifi zone. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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