If the APs are properly configured, devices are not visible to other
devices.
Of course that what can you expect from mom'n pop mechanic shop... :)
ET
Stephen Partington writes:
This is usually done as a means to be easy for their customers.
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Victor Odhner <[email protected]> wrote:
I’m really annoyed that so many companies offer open WIFI when it would be
so easy to secure those hot spots.
Restaurants, hotels, and the waiting rooms of auto dealerships are almost
100% open.
I am not one to say “there ought to be a law” because we have too many
doggone laws, and I’m not that into a lot of demonstrating and yelling. But
I would love to help educate companies on why they should secure their
routers.
If I were a progressive type, I’d suggest putting stickers on those venues
saying:
We don’t have passwords on our WIFI
because OUR WIFI (and YOUR passwords)
should be available to everybody
with no effort!
But being more right-wing, I’d much rather recognize that they’d be happy
to do the right thing if we could explain it to the right people.
I’ve repeatedly thanked the mechanic shop I use (C&R Tire on Tatum)
because they have a key posted and I can feel sort of safe going online
while I wait for an oil change. But all the places that have open routers
are corporate owned so it does no good to gripe to the folks behind the
desk.
Any ideas on this?
Thanks,
Victor
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