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By default, my Nexus S will notify me when an open network is available but it will not connect automatically unless the wifi SSID matches an SSID I've previous
by Zikes 14y ago
By default, my Nexus S will notify me when an open network is available but it will not connect automatically unless the wifi SSID matches an SSID I've previously connected to. I would be surprised if any device would be set up to just connect to any available open network, it would be terribly insecure.
As it is, I'm disappointed that I can't configure my device to only automatically connect to SSIDs with certain matching MAC addresses. I consider it fairly insecure that it will simply assume that "linksys" is trustworthy anywhere in the world just because my ex girlfriend lived out on a farm where wifi security wasn't worth the hassle.
- alanh 14y ago> it will simply assume that "linksys" is trustworthy anywhere … just because … on a farm, wifi security wasn't worth the hassle. Amusing anecdote and yet another argument for much more intelligent defaults (I’m thinking of network names).