Its been a day after the launch of Windows 10 and there has been about ten millions of users who upgraded their systems to Windows 10. There has been a feature named #Wi-Fi Sense that needs some attention.
Actually Wi-Fi sense is a nice feature that allows your friends to share the Wi-Fi you are using without even knowing the password for Wi-Fi.
The users if located in the same network range and the user allows the group of contacts to share the Wi-Fi then if any user belonging to the group if using the same Wi-Fi sense feature then the user can use the Wi-Fi without your password.
One thing to be understood is that it is only sharing the Internet access and not the password for the Wi-Fi and the settings can also be customized by the user and the contact list can be modified.
The feature is enabled by default and so if any friend in the same group if in the same network can share your Internet access without your credentials.
No network social profile password has been shared and not even the Wi-Fi password has been shared but the Internet access has been shared.
The feature is found very interesting but looking on other side it is possible for an attacker to sit in between the two users and launch the attack.
The attacker can read the private messages and the mails that are being transmitted between nodes and the attack is known as #Man In The Middle (MITM).
To disable the feature go to Windows Settings and Network & Internet and click "Change Wi-Fi settings" and then "Manage Wi-Fi settings". Disable all the features available there and it makes the Wi-Fi sense to forget all Wi-Fi networks passwords.
Users who are more concerned about security and using Windows 10 without knowing this can change their Wi-Fi password for preventing further attack.
P.S : The post is to create awareness and not to be misused.
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