[ PRIVACY Forum ] Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi key with your friends' friends

Mon Jul 6 18:38:37 UTC 2015

> On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Daniel C. Eckert <dan at drakontas.org> wrote:
> 
> 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 “Underscore”

-jav