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I remember stories of the default password being a weak hash of the SSID. And when those are "ISPNAME-4DIGITS", it's not too hard to collect them all. Sometime
by Orphis 5y ago
I remember stories of the default password being a weak hash of the SSID. And when those are "ISPNAME-4DIGITS", it's not too hard to collect them all.
Sometimes, they can be retrieved from the MAC address as well. So it's just the illusion of security for most.
- serf 5y agoverizon just recently stopped defaulting the wep key to a very simple hash derived from the ssid and mac.[0][1] [0]: https://www.xkyle.com/verizon-fios-wireless-key-calculator/ https://www.xkyle.com/verizon-fios-wireless-key-calculator/ [1]: https://aruljohn.com/fios/ https://aruljohn.com/fios/