-=PCTechTalk=- Would you tell Google your Wi-Fi password? You probably already did...
- From: Dan Chisolm <d0ct0rdan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:47:21 -0400
FYI
The Android issue is more subtle: the data is encrypted in transit, and Google
(for all we know) probably stores it encrypted at the other end.
But it's not encrypted in the sense of being inaccessible to anyone except you.
That's obvious because, as a comment on Micah's abovementioned posting pointed
out, you can recover your data from Google even after you've wiped (or lost)
your device, or changed your Google account password.
In other words, Google can unilaterally recover the plaintext of your Wi-Fi
passwords, precisely so it can return those passwords to you quickly and
conveniently even if you forget your device password and have to start over.
That's just the sort of convenience which many users will trade against
security.
Read the entire article at:
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/07/18/would-you-tell-google-your-wi-fi-password/
~ Dan
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