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Look, my whole point in initially posting that was to clarify that your "easy" method wouldn't work with a lot of wireless networks. That's like telling someone who can't start a car to pump the gas pedal a few times. But you don't bother to mention that it only works on carbureted engines because they benefit from get that extra gas shot in. It won't do anything for fuel injected engines, which the vast majority of cars use.
In reality, this has nothing to do with encryption, paranoia, or even networking. It has to do with providing advice that won't work in a lot of situations, but you make it seem like it should.
When you post something that's "easy" but only works in a handful of situations, you'd do better to clarify what situations that it will work in...
You made that perfectly clear in your fist post but you kept talking about it, and still are...
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