California Passes Wi-Fi Guidance Law

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 4, 2006 @01:16PM from the he-wants-us-to-think-for-ourselves dept.

MrNonchalant writes, "California's legislature has passed a law requiring Wi-Fi device manufacturers to include warnings about security. From the article: 'From 1 October 2007, manufacturers must place warning labels on all equipment capable of receiving Wi-Fi signals, according to the new state law. These can take the form of box stickers, special notification in setup software, notification during the router setup, or through automatic securing of the connection. One warning sticker must be positioned so that it must be removed by a consumer before the product can be used.'"

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Warnings? Make WEP default option by postmortem · 2006-09-04 13:31 · Score: 0, Redundant

Some manufacturers already put warnings and web interfaces that tell you whether your WiFi network is "secure".

Why they all can't just randomly generate WEP key, enable WEP, and explain user how to use it to authenticate to network. It is just one step more. Might be one that is most difficult, but it prevents unathorized access for common Windows user.