Windows 10 WiFi Sense leaks passwords to strangers
Windows 10 WiFi Sense leaks passwords to strangers
Wi-Fi Sense is a feature built into Windows 10. You may see a pop-up saying “Wi-Fi Sense needs permission to use your Facebook account.” It also works with Outlook.com and Skype contacts.
This feature allows you to share Wi-Fi login information — network names and passphrases — with your friends. It’s designed to automatically connect Windows 10 devices to shared networks.
When you visit your friend’s house or place of business, Windows 10 can automatically sign you into their Wi-Fi if they’ve shared it with you — that’s the idea.
Like many other applications and services, Wi-Fi Sense can tap into your network of Facebook contacts. If you give it access to Facebook, it’ll share any shared networks with your Facebook friends and automatically download any networks your Facebook friends are sharing with you.
That’s the point of Wi-Fi Sense’s Facebook access — it allows Windows 10 to determine who your friends are so it can share Wi-Fi networks with them in the background. Technically, “Windows Wi-Fi” is a third-party app that accesses your Facebook friends so Microsoft knows who you’re friends with.
Microsoft doesn’t need to ask for access to your Skype and Outlook.com contacts because these other services are both owned by Microsoft and tied to your Microsoft account.
http://www.howtogeek.com/219700/what-is ... k-account/You can choose to opt out of this by changing your wireless network name, or SSID, to end with _optout. In other words, if your network name is currently “HomeNetwork”, Microsoft would like you to change the name to “HomeNetwork_optout” to opt out.
https://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/how- ... i-fi-senseTo opt your network out of WiFi Sense, you can change your network name to include the phrase _optout – for example, mynetwork_optout. (The network name is often called the SSID.)
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How about Microsoft takes a reality check rather than attempting to redefine global use of technology?You can choose to opt out of this by changing your wireless network name, or SSID, to end with _optout. In other words, if your network name is currently “HomeNetwork”, Microsoft would like you to change the name to “HomeNetwork_optout” to opt out.
Actually it's ALWAYS called SSID - that's it's correct name.The network name is often called the SSID.
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I use both ubuntu and mint. In fact, with debian, that is: all three. If you deploy them to a server, you won't see any difference at all between debian, ubuntu, or mint. On a client machine, you will see a difference between the default GUIs. The debian default GUI (gnome) badly sucked the last 3 times I tried. I am certainly ok with mint, but I prefer ubuntu, with its left-side launch bar. Mint has a windows-style start button with tabbed panel. I am not particularly fond of that, but I can live with it. I use mint in a virtual machine, every day a few hours, for my main project. I don't really dislike mint, but I still prefer ubuntu.Advocatus Diaboli wrote:Is Linux Mint better than Ubuntu (Linux) ?Username Taken wrote:Linux Mint sounds better every day.
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eriksank wrote:I use both ubuntu and mint. In fact, with debian, that is: all three. If you deploy them to a server, you won't see any difference at all between debian, ubuntu, or mint. On a client machine, you will see a difference between the default GUIs. The debian default GUI (gnome) badly sucked the last 3 times I tried. I am certainly ok with mint, but I prefer ubuntu, with its left-side launch bar. Mint has a windows-style start button with tabbed panel. I am not particularly fond of that, but I can live with it. I use mint in a virtual machine, every day a few hours, for my main project. I don't really dislike mint, but I still prefer ubuntu.Advocatus Diaboli wrote:Is Linux Mint better than Ubuntu (Linux) ?Username Taken wrote:Linux Mint sounds better every day.
Maybe that's why you like Mint.http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint wrote:Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.
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