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Last updated: December 4th, 2017 at 17:46 UTC+01:00
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Samsung is offering 250 MB of free secure internet access using Secure Wi-Fi, though the feature isn't oddly available in every country. For unlimited protection, the company is offering paid plans. You can pay €0.99 for 24 hours of unlimited secure browsing and €1.99 for a month. We've tried out the feature, and it seems Samsung has paired up with McAfee to bring it to its devices. Once enabled, you can manually select which apps use Secure Wi-Fi and set it to automatically start protecting data once Secure Wi-Fi is enabled. Otherwise, the Protect button needs to be pressed before data gets encrypted.
To access Secure Wi-Fi, go to the phone's settings, tap Connections, tap Wi-Fi, then tap the Advanced button at the top right. Here, find and tap the Secure Wi-Fi option, then follow instructions to set it up. If it's not available on your Note 8, you can hope Samsung will bring the feature to your device with the next software update. Or, well, you can grab one of the many VPN apps available for Android from Google Play.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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