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

Richard Golodner rgolodner at infratection.com
Mon Jul 6 18:16:15 UTC 2015


There is a reason why my family loves open source. My kid is learning 
Linux and she doesn't even know it. Mommy has an Android...

On 07/06/2015 12:53 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> >From Lauren, a new "feature" in Windows 10 I think this community probably
> wants to know about, to the extent you don't already.
>
> I *knew* I didn't like W10.  :-)
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>
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>> Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi key with your friends' friends
>> Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi key with your friends' friends
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/30/windows_10_wi_fi_sense/
>>
>> In an attempt to address the security hole it has created, Microsoft
>> offers a kludge of a workaround: you must add _optout to the SSID (the
>> name of your network) to prevent it from working with Wi-Fi Sense. (So
>> if you want to opt out of Google Maps and Wi-Fi Sense at the same
>> time,
>> you must change your SSID of, say, myhouse to myhouse_optout_nomap.
>> Technology is great.) Microsoft enables Windows 10's Wi-Fi Sense by
>> default, and access to password-protected networks are shared with
>> contacts unless the user remembers to uncheck a box when they first
>> connect. Choosing to switch it off may make it a lot less useful, but
>> would make for a more secure IT environment.
>>
>> - - -
>>
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