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Why would I want to make it EASIER for people coming over to use my WiFi?
by mswehli 7y ago
Why would I want to make it EASIER for people coming over to use my WiFi?
- burundi_coffee 7y agoYou're missing the point. Imagine having a really complex password - would you want to just scan a code or copy it character by character?
- alexchamberlain 7y agoYou don’t give your WiFi password to everyone that visits?
- isatty 7y agoNot OP, but I've a guest network.
- hamhand 7y agoGuest network with no password is the way, some firmware allow you to turn the reset button into this function's switch.
- tialaramex 7y agoBefore WPA3 a network with no password offers less security than a network for which everybody knows the password. In WPA3 finally the no password ("guest") case has randomly chosen keys using RFC 8110 instead of being unencrypted, so it's equivalent security to everybody knowing the password. I agree no password is the best outcome, and WPA3 makes that finally no more dangerous than it needs to be.
- hamhand 7y agoI mean turn if off once guests are gone, yes it's not safe as everything on the network can be sniffed by your nosy neighbors, you can quanrentine this guest network from your ethernet to make it less revealing. It's meant to be a one-off thing to avoid hassle. Good to know they have that in WPA3.
- tialaramex 7y agoIn WPA3 the nosy neighbours can't sniff anything. If there is no password or they know it they can do an active MITM to get between users and your Access Point because it now uses a PAKE, but active attacks can be detected and would be a bit more than "nosy neighbours". If you use anything fancier than a password (including technologies like EduRoam or GovRoam, Active Directory login, whatever) any adversary has to attack that instead.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoI think the OP is making a joke about the fact that some guests who get the wifi password, may spend all their time looking at their phones instead of socializing. That happens nowadays when one throws a party or movie night.
- mswehli 7y agoI was indeed.
- ldiracdelta 7y agoThis should be as socially unacceptable as picking your nose at a party.
- vbezhenar 7y agoThese days everyone have 4G internet, so there's no point to giving your WiFi password to everyone.
- badatseciruty 7y agoI do have 4G, but at $1 per 100MB. I'd rather have the WiFi password when one's available.
- fwip 7y agoTo be a good host?
- mswehli 7y agoTo the replies, it was a joke >_>
- johnchristopher 7y agoI think it'd have worked better if s/people/friends