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TekMolyesterday at 8:56 AM2 repliesview on HN

    vulnerable to remote code execution from
    systems on the same network segment
Isn't almost every laptop these days autoconnecting to known network names like "Starbucks" etc, because the user used it once in the past?

That would mean that every FreeBSD laptop in proximity of an attacker is vulnerable, right? Since the attacker could just create a hotspot with the SSID "Starbucks" on their laptop and the victim's laptop will connect to it automatically.


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francassoyesterday at 9:06 AM

If you run FreeBSD on your laptop you don't auto connect to public WiFi.

Joking, but not that much :)

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hhhyesterday at 9:06 AM

dozens of people will be affected