Wireless encryption

[James Knott]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: James Knott<james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
>
> | *Those random passwords can be obtained from www.grc.com.  Click on
> | Services>  Perfect Passwords.  I use the alpha-numeric passwords only,
> | as I've found some equipment chokes on some of the other characters.
>
> Getting your secret passwords from someone else seems oxymoronic.
>
>    
Well, they'd have to know where the WiFi network is and it's SSID to use 
a password.  This is of course assuming they bother to save it.  
According to their info they don't and they also use HTTPS and try to 
ensure  the password is not cached anywhere.  I suppose that if you're 
really worried, you can use another location, such as a library or 
coffee shop, to disguise where you'd be using that password.  Or 
perhaps, as they suggest, you could rearrange it.  Assume you found a 
key on the street, with no identification.  Would you know what it 
unlocked?  Same with a WiFi password, if you don't know where it's used.
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