On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:58:09 -0400, Ted Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2012-07-29 at 17:40 -0500, Nick M.Daly wrote: > > To use wireless, make sure eth1 can access the Internet during the > > first-boot process, so the wireless driver is downloaded and > > installed correctly. After it reboots, it'll start broadcasting the > > "freedombox" network, with a password of "freedombox123". > > > I'd like to suggest that by default, the Freedombox have no wireless > network password. > > * Having a network password doesn't make you more secure: > <https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html> > > * Further, this current default does not provide a security > advantage over an open network. This password can be cracked for > around $20: <https://www.cloudcracker.com/> > > * Locking your network has harmful social consequences: > <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/04/open-wireless-movement> > > Thoughts?
Ted, thanks for sending these links along. Both of those points are fair and reasonable. I think I'd be much more comfortable with this if we sent all local wireless traffic through Privoxy/Tor first, but maybe I'm just being overly paranoid. Opening the wireless network will generate many fewer complaints than, say, running a high-speed Tor exit node with a generous exit policy. Nick
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