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Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world

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Re: Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world

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Should we lock our doors with bank-vault locks, since we know how easily most common door locks are picked? The fact that an attacker would have to actively bypass the security should be enough for legal purposes. It is not like an attacker could accidentally crack a WEP-protected network and not know they were doing it.

No, nor should we uninstall the default deadbolt that comes with the house and replace it with a simple gate-style lock (you know, the kind you can reach over and unhook). We should use the default standard method of locking our doors. And our Wi-Fi access points.

Incidentally, most deadbolts are ridiculously easy to pick. I can get into my front door deadbolt in about a minute with a multitool and a safety pin bent into the shape of a pick with said multitool [1]. Unless you've upgraded your typical run-of-the-mill deadbolt to one with mushroom, spool, or serrated pins [2] it will take roughly the same effort. Those higher-security locks typically run over a hundred bucks and as such aren't what most house builders would put in a front door.

[1]: http://www.crypto.com/papers/notes/picking/

[2]: http://www.lockwiki.com/index.php/Security_pin

Re: Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world

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I use a random 63 character WPA2 password, and my solution was to cable it initially, and then set up the WiFi password using the iPhone remote app.

And if all else fails, entering 63 characters is not really that hard either (unless the Apple TV has one of these weird on-screen letter-choosing wheels you sometimes encounter in videogame consoles and the like).

Oh god, yes it is. Especially when you realize halfway through that the iPad cannot type "`".

(You can copy and paste it, though.)

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