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

Posted by bob on Jul 1, 2015 1:29 AM EDT
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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.

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But Microsoft cares about user security soooo... much! BernardSwiss 9 2,474 Jul 22, 2015 3:35 PM

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