FW: Three reasons to hold off on Windows 10

[Rob Seastrom]

Did you read the Krebs article I sent?  He links to the zdnet article
and debunks their "but you have to take an extra step" protestations.

Long story short, no Windows 10 on my network until Microsoft fixes
the behavior.

-r

Alberto di Bene <dibene at usa.net> writes:

> On 7/31/2015 6:14 PM, Rob Seastrom wrote:
>
>
>           Unfortunately, that article is off in the weeds.  The defaults are all
> set pointing at sharing your password, and what do most people do when
> they're entering configuration on a Windows box?  Why, they take the
> defaults *of course*!
>
>
> Well, apparently there is an extra step that must be done, and which is not
> automatic...
> Still from that article :
>
>            Except, no. That's not how Wi-Fi Sense works.
>      
>      Yes, the option to allow sharing is enabled by default. Here's what
>      it looks like in Windows 10's Settings.
>      
>      wifi-sense-01.png
>      
>      But did you notice the part where it says "For networks I
>      select..."? That's the key detail that Krebs and everyone who
>      rewrote his post under their own by-line missed.
>      
>      Yes, you actually have to take an extra step to make a Wi-Fi network
>      available for sharing by your contacts.
>
> 73  Alberto  I2PHD
>
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