{"id":281794,"date":"2026-06-25T06:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-network-that-protects-privacy-consumer-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T20:01:50","slug":"how-to-create-a-wi-fi-network-that-protects-privacy-consumer-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-network-that-protects-privacy-consumer-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a Wi-Fi network that protects privacy: Consumer Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/06\/25\/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-network-that-protects-your-privacy-and-security-consumer-reports\/\">How to create a Wi-Fi network that protects privacy: Consumer Reports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/06\/25\/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-network-that-protects-your-privacy-and-security-consumer-reports\/\">https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/06\/25\/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-network-that-protects-your-privacy-and-security-consumer-reports\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-25 06:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cp24.com\">www.cp24.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sharing your home\u2019s Wi-Fi password to friends or family who visit may seem harmless, but you could be sharing more than you think.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOne easy thing folks can do to protect their network is to set up a Wi-Fi guest network,\u201d said Nicholas De Leon with Consumer Reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sharing a password-protected network provides guest access to all connected devices, which is why Consumer Reports recommends a little-known feature on most routers that offers a quick fix. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">That idea is like a network the public can access in your doctor\u2019s office or local coffee shop as it gives your guests access to the internet, but not all the devices on your network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThere are three reasons why you\u2019d want to set up a Wi-Fi guest network, the first being to improve the privacy and security of your devices,\u201d said De Leon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A friend\u2019s laptop could unknowingly be infected with malware that could spread to your devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBy having this secondary guest network, your stuff is on the primary network, and every other thing is on the secondary network,\u201d said De Leon. \u201cIt just keeps your stuff safe because it is kept separate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Another benefit to having a guest network, according to De Leon, is having a better performing Wi-Fi network. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Most routers let you set bandwidth limits on a guest network to prevent the connection from slowing down. They also set time limits that can automatically disconnect devices after a set time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It only takes a few minutes to set up a guest network, even if you\u2019re not tech-savvy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The first step is to log in to your router\u2019s app or website, go to the settings, and look for \u201cguest network\u201d or a similar option. Activate it, create a strong password and a name that\u2019s easy to identify, and it\u2019s ready to go. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">De Leon recommnends printing out a QR code from your router\u2019s app and stick it on the fridge, so guests can then \u201ctake their phone, point it at the little QR code and then, boom, they\u2019re connected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/06\/25\/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-network-that-protects-your-privacy-and-security-consumer-reports\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to create a Wi-Fi network that protects privacy: Consumer Reports https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/06\/25\/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-network-that-protects-your-privacy-and-security-consumer-reports\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-25&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":281795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/resizer\/v2\/ISK6JUCEOZWOTNOWSBXZUPEOP4.jpg?smart=true&auth=c4944bdbba2c24904ab4848134ae13b91b8a1d6137d58cf1b95c9f76007d1fd1&width=1200&height=630","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281796,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281794\/revisions\/281796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}