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Re: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi key with your
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Javier Henderson)
Mon Jul 6 14:40:43 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Javier Henderson <javier@kjsl.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAGNc-gCYtSimijfUZf3PwKR6acdj4UijvqpTMZo2eamukhhevg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:38:37 -0400
To: "Daniel C. Eckert" <dan@drakontas.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Daniel C. Eckert <dan@drakontas.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> This isn't really an open source issue -- anybody can make foolish =
product
> design decisions regardless of licensing model. This is more about a =
vendor
> producing a feature that deliberately and shortsightedly creates a =
slew of
> problems impacting almost all existing networks anywhere. It's highly
> convenient feature for a specific, limited use case (home users =
hosting a
> party with a bunch of people that they don't want to have to worry =
about
> how to give them a network password). However, gat ignores all of the =
other
> security and user impact issues. Can you imagine how the user =
experience
> will change when you change your SSID to include the _optout tag and =
then
> try to verbally tell someone what the new SSID is? Bonus points for =
dealing
> with users in a context where you've had the same SSID for years.
Bonus-bonus points for throwing in language barriers.
Triple-bonus points if your SSID is called =E2=80=9CUnderscore=E2=80=9D
-jav
