LXer: Public warning: Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi password with your friends' friends

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LXer: Public warning: Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi password with your friends' friends

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07-01-2015, 12:33 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,342 Rep:	LXer: Public warning: Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi password with your friends' friends Published at LXer: Give the key to pal ... and it'll be sent to their FB mates, too. A Windows 10 feature, Wi-Fi Sense, smells like a significant security risk: it shares access to password-protected Wi-Fi networks with the user's contacts. So giving a wireless password to one person grants access to everyone who knows them. Read More...

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