Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world

Post by 27182818284 » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 11:40 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #172

guelo wrote: post #134

Your WiFi password is only useful for someone who is within 100 feet of your house. If you have federal agents surveilling you from 100 feet away you have way bigger problems than your WiFi password.

Actually its from further away than that with a high gain directional antenna (I've hit WiFi hot spots about a mile distant using same) but the point is that they can do this from outside your property. You would probably know if someone was in your house but you'd be hard pressed to notice a Yagi antenna pointed at your window from across the street or down the block a bit. That said, I read the article more as 'yet…

Post by grandalf » Sat, Sep 14, 2013, 12:11 AM UTC

DannyBee wrote: post #258

grandalf wrote: post #196

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You are talking about a group of people mostly from places like EFF, Creative Commons, and other wonderful orgs. They do it because they want to make the world better, and because it's the right thing to do. Maybe you are too cynical and jaded to do something like that, but they aren't. Your opinions have zero basis in fact. There is a difference between the people Google has employed to do the work and the corporate…

"There is a difference between the people Google has employed to do the work and the corporate strategy behind the work. I have no doubt that the people you describe are truly passionate and dedicated." Of course there is difference, but you haven't explained what evidence you have that this it the corporate strategy. I actually know the corporate strategy, and i'm stating for a fact it's not as self-interested as yo…

Post by omarchowdhury » Sat, Sep 14, 2013, 12:13 AM UTC

eric_the_read wrote: post #254

anamexis wrote: post #246

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As long as we're continuing to be cranky about spelling, "spelt" is a perfectly valid British spelling of the past participle of spell.

Yeah, but you guys went and replaced the perfectly cromulent "aluminum" with "aluminium", so already I am suspicious.

Post by pyre » Sat, Sep 14, 2013, 12:37 AM UTC

srollyson wrote: post #185

singlow wrote: post #183

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Unfortunately, I have had to enable WEP a few times for certain OS / network card / router configurations, so there are or can be compelling reasons to do this. Pretty sure it was XP though my wife's XP box is working fine with WPA2 on my current router. However, I try to treat even my home WIFI as if it were a coffee shop. The password is there to keep leechers out, but I still vpn into a more secure location for so…

You may find sshuttle interesting [1]. It's essentially VPN implemented via SSH tunnel. [1]: https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle

Post by gcb0 » Sat, Sep 14, 2013, 1:27 AM UTC

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #201

dominotw wrote: post #188

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I dont really see your logic, Gubment can put you in prison, take your rights away, companies targeting ads can't. It makes sense that one would be outraged at the former.

It's spelt "government". Spelling it "Gubment" doesn't suddenly turn everyone who's reading your comment against the notion of an elected democracy, it just makes you look stupid. And the reason that it's much scarier if private companies abuse privacy than if the government does it, is that you yourself decide who the government is. You don't get that right wrt a private company.