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Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext?
From: Töma Gavrichenkov <ximaera () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:06:40 +0300
Peace, On Thu, Apr 25, 2019, 4:53 PM Stephen Satchell <list () satchell net> wrote:
not only does someone have to 'hack' the database, they also need to drive up to your house and sit in your driveway to get free Internet.Sounds like you live in a single-family home, in a low-density neighborhood. I live in an apartment complex, and WiFi Analyzer shows more than 20 beacons visible from my kitchen.
Also, I've seen people who use the same password (sometimes with few easily reversible modifications) for virtually all the purposes, from the WiFi router up to their e-mail and banking accounts. Which is why today, if you store nearly anything close in a sense to a passphrase in your database in cleartext, then you might be at risk just because of that. -- Töma
Current thread:
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext?, (continued)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Töma Gavrichenkov (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Valdis Klētnieks (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Töma Gavrichenkov (Apr 26)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? K. Scott Helms (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Mark Foster (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? William Herrin (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Valdis Klētnieks (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Mike Bolitho (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Royce Williams (Apr 24)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Stephen Satchell (Apr 25)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Töma Gavrichenkov (Apr 26)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Rich Kulawiec (Apr 26)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Töma Gavrichenkov (Apr 26)
- Re: Comcast storing WiFi passwords in cleartext? Töma Gavrichenkov (Apr 25)