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

Andrew Bosch Andrew.Bosch at elca.org
Mon Jul 6 18:22:47 UTC 2015


Does that happen with 802.1x logins, too?

Andrew


> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of Richard
> Golodner
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 1:16 PM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi key with
> your friends' friends
> 
> 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
> >
> > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> >> From: "PRIVACY Forum mailing list" <privacy at vortex.com>
> >> To: privacy-list at vortex.com
> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 8:03:06 PM
> >> 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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