On 4/24/19 8:13 AM, Benjamin Sisco wrote:
The bigger concern should be the cleartext portion of the subject.  There’s 
ZERO reason to store or transmit any credentials (login, service, keys, etc.), 
in any location, in an unencrypted fashion regardless of their perceived value 
or purpose.  Unless you like risk.


That's looking at it from a technical perspective when it isn't a technical problem. People that buy "includes wifi" from their ISP often need extreme amounts of help with it, and thus the wifi credentials are stored and transmitted in plain text for tech support reasons.

~Seth

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