Android saves wifi passwords in plaintext to the cloud

Post by lostlogin » Fri, Jul 19, 2013, 7:54 AM UTC

moultano wrote: post #95

gcb0 wrote: post #64

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You guys can't be serious. How many APs do you even have to use regularly? And slightly related, do you have two factor enabled on your email or is that the end of modern life convenience as well?

The first time I traveled to my sister's house for Thanksgiving setting up the WiFi on our devices was a several hour ordeal that stressed out the whole family. They aren't used to keeping track of these things. I'm very glad I have never had to do that again through several device upgrades.

Do some windows versions still demand that your password fits a set format - length as character type as I recall? Trying to get a (?XP ?Vista) PC onto our until-then Mac only network just about caused its owner a stroke.

Post by antimagic » Fri, Jul 19, 2013, 11:15 AM UTC

packetslave wrote: post #168

antimagic wrote: post #161

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Are you suggesting that Google doesn't hand over data? Google has decided to do that because it's good for business (in the sense that going up against the US government is bad for business, and realistically would require Google to move overseas). That's fine, but it changes nothing of the fact that they will hand over data requested by the US government, which means that my comment was perfectly valid. You seem unc…

Did you even read what I wrote? Yes, Google will hand over user data in response to a legal demand from the U.S. government (warrant, court order, NSL, etc.). So will every other company in the US , whether it's Yahoo, Rackspace, Amazon, or Joe's Linux Servers, Inc. It's called "obeying the law". Characterizing this as "Google's demonstrated willingness to hand user data over to the US government" is dishonest. Googl…

Here's the thing - I don't give a rat's arse why Google hands over my data to the US government. All I care about is that they do. They apparently find it easier to hand over my data than to shut down operations or move overseas so that they don't have to. OK, they are free to make that decision (as I have already stated), but they are still bloody well handing over my data! And you, as a googler, are party to that. You really should have a long think about that.

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