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Re:Windows 10 “WiFi Sense” automatically leaks your wifi pas... by zyxley on Saturday June 20, 2015 @08:03PM (#9751502)
Radius?
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Re:Windows 10 “WiFi Sense” automatically leaks your wifi pas... by keeperofdakeys on Saturday June 20, 2015 @08:45PM (#9751616)
Radius is an authentication protocol that is quite widely used, including in WPA-Enterpise. Here there is no fixed password, but a system that allows multiple users with separate passwords.

By using WPA-Enterprise, this wifi sense feature will likely do nothing.

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Re:Windows 10 “WiFi Sense” automatically leaks your wifi pas... by burnte on Saturday June 20, 2015 @08:35PM (#9751586)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADIUS
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