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>They've done a pretty good job of scaring people into securing their APs How is this even remotely a bad thing? It's trivial to MITM people on unsecured netwo
by wwwwwwwwww 12y ago
>They've done a pretty good job of scaring people into securing their APs
How is this even remotely a bad thing? It's trivial to MITM people on unsecured networks - I can't think of a single consumer router that actually does DHCP snooping to prevent it either.
- nfoz 12y agoI think the technology confuses two things: 1. Encrypted traffic between device and wireless hotspot 2. Restricted access to the wireless hotspot (you need a password or it won't give you service) I want to allow anonymous access, but let the traffic be encrypted. Is there a technical reason why this is not implemented? I'm very sad by the culture (and moreso, the legal necessity) of restricting wireless access. I want to share, and have at times relied on anonymous wifi to help me get home.
- dublinben 12y agoYou can run an access point with all the benefits of WPA2/AES, but make the password really simple. Setting your SSID to "PasswordIsBacon" or just using the same SSID and password is a fairly easy way to share access, without running a completely insecure, unencrypted network.
- nfoz 12y agoThat's "easy to share" which is a much greater hurdle than "publicly accessible". I want strangers to be able to use my wifi in the middle of the night from outside my home. I want devices to connect without any questions or hassle.