Hello Bob!

** On Thursday 31.12.20 - 13:41, Bob Roberts wrote to JOE MACKEY:

 JM>> I saw a cartoon recently that had the motel guest wifi PW
 JM>> as: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and having those
 JM>> stars instead of characters show up. :)

 BR> I'm all for complicated passwords, but thats just mean!

Actually, Supercali..docious filters out the people who would  
otherwise waste the wifi resources.  If they are going to leech  
from the free wifi, at least make them work for it a little!

I have wifi at my shop (but I keep it off now due to a security  
issue that I was not originally aware of) ..but if I were to re- 
introduce the wifi, I'd make people look for a specific book  
title in stock based on a clue - a kind of scavenger hunt for the  
wifi password - I love it!


 BR> The newer Apple Iphones have a feature where if they see a
 BR> Wifi network they can't connect to, they will request the
 BR> Wifi password from nearby Iphones that are connected to
 BR> it... using some sort of Bluetooth I believe.  The request
 BR> will show up on the second iphone, and if approved the Wifi
 BR> password will be shared and the first iphone will join the
 BR> network.  It's clever, and somewhat solves the problem of
 BR> keying in Wifi Passwords.

I am not sure I would appreciate a stranger's iPhone "connecting"  
with mine to bug me for a password tip.  It almost sounds like  
the insparation from the infra-red comm feature that two  
Thinkpads could utilize and then share files between each other.


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