Wifi hot spot safety?

I am leaving on a 2 month vacation and would like to know if there is any way to be safe using wifi hot spots to do my banking. If so what do I need to do.
Thank you in advance,
Bruce Pedersen

You should be OK with banking sites, because they use HTTPS (encrypted HTTP) with certificates your browser will be able to verify. Just make sure the URL in the browser is what it should be; for example,
https://www.yourbank.com/
and NOT
http://www.yourbank.com/
or
https://www.yourbank.somethingelse.com/
If your browser warns you that a site has presented an invalid certificate, STOP. Don't ignore the warning.
For more comprehensive security, subscribe to a public VPN service such as AlwaysVPN and install an OpenVPN client: Tunnelblick (free) or Viscosity (better). Test the setup before you leave.

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