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Wi-Fi is getting way more secure, thanks to WPA3

article published on 10 January, 2018

Wireless local area networks (WLAN) are going to get much, much more safe in the near future. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the new WPA3 standard for Wi-Fi was introduced. WPA2 has been in use since 2004 and has been found to be less than optimal for the safety needs of modern Wi-Fi users. The largest differences between WPA2 and WPA3 are in open network security. ... [ read the full article ]

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bobiroc
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_ 		11. January 2018 @ 11:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Any word on if this will be something that relatively newer WiFi cards and routers can be upgraded to support? It would suck to have to get a new WiFi card and/or router to support this
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treyjazz
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_ 		27. January 2018 @ 14:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not only that but think about every single end user device that won't/can't be updated to support new encryption methods. I'm not sure if a software layer could 'future-proof' some devices (say, an Android phone) but everything you need to use on WPA/2 (hell, even WEP) will force you to open back up the vulnerability. The only solution would be to have a secure router for your PCs and other sensitive devices that support WPA3 that piggybacked onto an unsecure (WPA2-) router and only bridge the internet and not local networking.
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