{"id":80349,"date":"2018-07-03T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T20:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/how-to-see-whos-on-your-wi-fi"},"modified":"2018-07-03T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T20:23:09","slug":"how-to-see-whos-on-your-wi-fi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/how-to-see-whos-on-your-wi-fi","title":{"rendered":"How to See Who\u2019s On Your Wi-Fi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-to-see-whos-on-your-wi-fi.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is your internet moving a little slower than usual? Are you seeing hints of devices you don\u2019t recognize in Windows Explorer, or when you cast media to your TV? If you suspect a neighbor is stealing your Wi-Fi, here\u2019s how to check (and boot them off).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo someone\u2019s watching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,1022706,00.asp\">Netflix<\/a> on my internet,\u201d you may say. \u201cWhat\u2019s the big deal?\u201d Even if you have a little bandwidth to spare, you probably don\u2019t want other people on your network, especially if it\u2019s unsecured. If someone has access to your network, they have access to all the computers on that network, and that\u2019s dangerous. They could access files you\u2019re unknowingly sharing, they could infect you with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/roundup\/354226\/the-best-malware-removal-and-protection-tools\">malware<\/a>, and in certain situations they could even steal your passwords and other personal information.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, you should take care to make sure each device connected to your network is one you can trust. Thankfully, there are free tools that\u2019ll help you see everyone on your Wi-Fi right now.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/feature\/362092\/how-to-see-who-s-on-your-wi-fi\">https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/feature\/362092\/how-to-see-who-s-on-your-wi-fi<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your internet moving a little slower than usual? Are you seeing hints of devices you don\u2019t recognize in Windows Explorer, or when you cast media to your TV? If you suspect a neighbor is stealing your Wi-Fi, here\u2019s how to check (and boot them off). \u201cSo someone\u2019s watching Netflix on my internet,\u201d you may [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-internet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}