> The Wi-Fi Alliance has had a solution for this problem nearly in place for years, called Passpoint. The Passpoint protocol was created to allow for Wi-Fi "roa

> The Wi-Fi Alliance has had a solution for this problem nearly in place for years, called Passpoint. The Passpoint protocol was created to allow for Wi-Fi "roaming" by creating a way for access points to grant access by way of a third-party credential, such as your Google ID or your ISP account. Ummm, seems like the cure is worse than the disease. So, the suggested response to leaking information via HTTP (and what security-important service uses HTTP these days?) is to…leak usage information to one's provider?!? Moreover, Passpoint is very much built on a feudal model, where users belong to large corporations which trust one another (for roaming &c.); that seems like exactly the wrong direction to go.