🚀 go-pugleaf

On 19/06/2010 16:40, John Navas wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:22:43 -0700, in<hvinc0$4k0$3@speranza.aioe.org>,
> JC Dill<jcdill.lists@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Malcolm Hoar wrote:
>>> In article<ec4o165c3s0ac1n3u4ifmv5unffkholfuf@4ax.com>, John Navas<jncl1@navasgroup.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> "However, we can already state that [...] Google did indeed record
>>>> e-mail access passwords [and] extracts of the content of email
>>>> messages."
>>>
>>> That's not good but if folks are using cleartext passwords
>>> over a wireless connection, they really shouldn't have a
>>> "reasonable expectation of privacy".
>>
>> Not just using cleartext passwords over wifi, using cleartext passwords
>> over UNPROTECTED wifi.  (If they had any protection on their wifi, then
>> Google wouldn't have connected or recorded anything.)  In that case they
>> absolutely have no expectation of privacy.  It's like shouting your
>> password to your friend across the street.
>
> The problem is hardware manufacturers that marketed insecure wireless
> devices, not the unsuspecting victims that bought them -- users are not
> required to become computer security experts just to use Internet
> services safely.  The industry has at last faced up to its
> responsibilities, and is now doing much more to ensure that wireless
> networks are secure by default: Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Setup>
>
The NFC option has been suspended due to lack of test bed support.

"Notice on 9th June, 2010:
Test bed device support for the NFC (Near Field Communication) test 
option for Wi-Fi Protected Setup has been discontinued. Additionally, no 
member has responded within the past 30 days to a request for new NFC 
candidate devices for the test bed.

Due to the lack of test bed equipment support and in accordance with the 
MRD requirements for NFC testing, Wi-Fi Alliance staff has suspended NFC 
option testing and will be removing the test feature from the WSC1.0 
test plan and certification system testing menu. Reinstatement of NFC as 
an optional certification feature will require a new initiative within 
the task group and associated blind poll/plugfest work."
<http://www.adt.com.tw/english/indexNewsData.phtml?NEWSID=278>