For “compatibility reasons” Swisscom decided to not let you choose the more secure WPA2-PSK wireless encryption mode over the now insecure WPA-TKIP mode in the Netopia 7347 VDSL router. Swisscom customer service says that there are still many customers with old wifi hardware and that’s why only WPA-TKIP is selectable and WPA2 (which uses the more secure AES algorithm) has been disabled in the router’s web interface even though the router is capable of using WPA2!
WTF?! Come on…forcing clients to use insecure wireless settings just to get rid of a few support phone calls? Read more »