In order to make our service easily accessible to a large number of WiFi-enabled devices, Google WiFi is an open-access wireless network, and our signal is not encrypted. However, users can achieve a secure connection by using
GoogleWiFiSecure if their device supports WPA, WPA2 or 802.1x protocols (most laptops do).
If your device does not support these protocols, we encourage our users to take security precautions such as using a firewall and a virtual private network (VPN). Google offers a free,
downloadable virtual private network (VPN) client that a user may install and use to prevent others from accessing or seeing the data he or she receives or transmits on Google WiFi. Please reference our section on
Google Secure Access (GSA) for more information.
Please note that Google WiFi users may elect to use a different third-party VPN client.
Click here to view a list of recommended third-party VPN clients.
Even without a VPN client, any Google Account information submitted through our login process will be encrypted for your protection. Additionally, any information submitted through a secure site indicated by an ‘https://’ URL or a padlock at the bottom corner of your browser will be encrypted.
As with any wireless network, users should take certain precautions to secure their online experience from security violations by third parties or unintentional security breaches.
