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Re:Did a weak WiFi password lead police to our door? by serf on Sunday May 23, 2021 @05:27AM (#27253606)
verizon just recently stopped defaulting the wep key to a very simple hash derived from the ssid and mac.[0][1]

[0]: https://www.xkyle.com/verizon-fios-wireless-key-calculator/

[1]: https://aruljohn.com/fios/

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Re:Did a weak WiFi password lead police to our door? by yrro on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:57AM (#27254692)
Verizon CPE still uses WEP?!!?
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Re:Did a weak WiFi password lead police to our door? by serf on Monday May 24, 2021 @12:49AM (#27261157)
I don't know about elsewhere , but Frontier took over FiOS management in some regions and continued to push those same APs for a long while.
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