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CNN Notices that WiFi is Insecure
josh3736 writes "From CNN comes an article that makes painstakingly obvious to the public what we already knew: 802.11 security is horrible. The article points out that nearly 40% of wireless network APs haven't even been changed from defaults and as many as 80% of home APs have encryption disabled. The article goes on to say that '[t]o make matters worse, users who don't secure their networks are often the very people who don't keep their computers up to date with the latest security patches and antivirus software.' It also accuses WiFi manufacturers of disabling security measures by default to make wireless easy to the lowest common denominator. My favorite quote? 'Experts say that while Wi-Fi hardware makers have made initial setup easy, the enabling of security is anything but. Meanwhile, average users are no longer tech savvy.' Which is to say that they at one point were?"
fourth motherfucking post. i get it this time. YES!!!
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We investigate -
Claims that fire is hot,
Reports of wet water, and later, Is it dark at Night?
Jeez - talk about stating the obvious.
'Don't worry' said the trees when they saw the axe coming, 'The handle is one of us.'
Mind linking to the comment I stole? Oh, what... there isn't one....
they would have about 20 ranks in Knowledge (Obvious)!
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Someone set us up the Wi-fi!
What you say?
Everyone get signal.
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