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UH OH: Windows 10 will share your Wi-Fi key with your friends' friends

SImon Hobson Bronze badge

Re: Slightly misleading

> only applies to PSK networks

AKA pretty well all home networks, and a very large proportion of small business networks

> the "friend of a friend" sharing appears to only happen if you manually give your friend the password instead of sharing it with them via Wi-Fi Sense.

Since I don't have a Windows machine, and if I have a Win10 VM it'll have this turned off, that's the only way I'll be giving people the password. Hence, I'll now have to check everyone's device (can't ask them, as per previous comments the vast majority of users will have no idea) to make sure this is turned off before letting them join.

Still, I was planning on setting up a 3 (at least) way network - one for me and trusted devices, another for any IoT stuff I let in the house, and a 3rd for visitors.

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