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MIT Demos Wi-Fi That's So High-Tech It Doesn't Need a Password (mic.com)
An anonymous reader shares an article on MIC: Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology want to change how we connect to Wi-Fi. To avoid the cumbersome network login process, a team has come up with a way to grant computers access to a Wi-Fi network based on their proximity to a router. Applied practically, that means you could walk into a cafe and your device would automatically connect to a network -- no annoying password necessary. The same could be true for a home network. When your friends come over, they could immediately be granted access to your Wi-Fi. The paper (PDF), sadly, doesn't offer details on the security aspect. Security researchers advise that one should be careful when connecting to a public Wi-Fi. Say you forget to turn off Wi-Fi on your device, and you walk into a cafe. Your phone will automatically establish a connection with this supposed network. If the network is compromised, plenty of devices will be exposed to attack.
This is why certain people shouldn't read SlashDot on...April Fools Day.
(In fact, I'm only here today to watch and comment on the OVER-reaction of people who don't realize what SlashDot becomes on April 1.)
This one is actually pretty good.....instead of being an out-right lie, it seems like something that could be plausible.......and then suddenly you realize not only is it plausible, it's the original configuration for wifi, and you were trolled in a completely different way than what you expected.
In other words, you have to actually think or understand the technology to see why it's a lie.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."