> On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Daniel C. Eckert <d...@drakontas.org> wrote: > > This isn't really an open source issue -- anybody can make foolish product > design decisions regardless of licensing model. This is more about a vendor > producing a feature that deliberately and shortsightedly creates a slew of > problems impacting almost all existing networks anywhere. It's highly > convenient feature for a specific, limited use case (home users hosting a > party with a bunch of people that they don't want to have to worry about > how to give them a network password). However, gat ignores all of the other > security and user impact issues. Can you imagine how the user experience > will change when you change your SSID to include the _optout tag and then > try to verbally tell someone what the new SSID is? Bonus points for dealing > with users in a context where you've had the same SSID for years.
Bonus-bonus points for throwing in language barriers. Triple-bonus points if your SSID is called “Underscore” -jav
