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exo762
on Aug 26, 2016
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Italy Quake Rescuers Ask Locals to Unlock their Wi...
Why Wifi does not support opportunistic encryption on open networks? This seems to be a poor design choice.
icebraining
on Aug 26, 2016
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Because it'd be little more than window dressing. Hijacking the initial connection is too easy on an open LAN.
AnthonyMouse
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It would still be useful to thwart passive eavesdropping.
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