Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi key with your friends' friends
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/30/windows_10_wi_fi_sense/
In an attempt to address the security hole it has created, Microsoft
offers a kludge of a workaround: you must add _optout to the SSID (the
name of your network) to prevent it from working with Wi-Fi Sense. (So
if you want to opt out of Google Maps and Wi-Fi Sense at the same time,
you must change your SSID of, say, myhouse to myhouse_optout_nomap.
Technology is great.) Microsoft enables Windows 10's Wi-Fi Sense by
default, and access to password-protected networks are shared with
contacts unless the user remembers to uncheck a box when they first
connect. Choosing to switch it off may make it a lot less useful, but
would make for a more secure IT environment.
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--Lauren--
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