Share of global adults who trust public Wi-Fi networks to keep info safe 2019

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Ani Petrosyan
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Jul 10, 2025
A cybersecurity survey revealed that in 2019,
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percent of working adults from the United States trusted the public Wi-Fi network of a frequented public location such as a local coffee shop to keep their information safe. In comparison, only
**
percent of working adults from Japan believed the same thing.
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Share of adults worldwide who trust public Wi-Fi networks at trusted locations to keep their information secure in 2019

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Release date

January 2020

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

3,500 respondents

Special properties

working adults

Supplementary notes

Original statement: If you are in a place you trust (for example, a local coffee shop), you can trust the location’s public Wi-Fi network to keep your information secure. - True / False / I don't know

Data is based on a survey of more than 3,500 working adults across the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
The source did not provide an exact date of survey.

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