** Description changed: - 1. Install Mint 16 MATE Edition 64-bit - 2. Connect to an encrypted wifi network + 1. Install Mint 16 MATE Edition 64-bit. + 2. Connect to an encrypted wifi network. 3. Connect to an unencrypted wifi network. There is no warning about connecting to an insecure wifi network. - 4. Reboot and login again - 5. Mint will actually prefer the unencrypted wifi network und connect to it automatically and won't tell the user because the notification bubble about network changes isn't being displayed. + 4. Reboot and login again. + 5. Mint will actually prefer the unencrypted wifi network und connect to it automatically and won't tell the user because the notification bubble about network changes isn't being displayed. - Unless people check manually, they won't know that all there traffic can + Unless people check manually, they won't know that all their traffic can be read in clear-text. There should be a warning about connectiong to insecure wifi networks and Mint should not prefer them over unencrypted wifi networks. One last thing: I'm new here. The same thing happens on Xubuntu 13.10. Should I copy this bugreport to Ubuntu or is this one sufficient?
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