For example, when you encrypt a hard drive with TrueCrypt, it can use AES encryption for that. It’s a serious worldwide encryption standard that’s even been adopted by the US government. AES isn’t some creaky standard developed specifically for Wi-Fi networks, either. In other words, you shouldn’t be using it.ĪES is a more secure encryption protocol introduced with WPA2. TKIP is no longer considered secure, and is now deprecated. TKIP is actually quite similar to WEP encryption. TKIP is actually an older encryption protocol introduced with WPA to replace the very-insecure WEP encryption at the time. TKIP and AES are two different types of encryption that can be used by a Wi-Fi network.