[Zikes]

The title needs changed, as the article doesn't actually address wifi hacking.

[Morphling]

Also there doesn't seem to be anything that is actually "countering" anything at the moment

[parktheredcar]

I feel like with most security research the only way to get $INDUSTRY to take things seriously is if there's an easy tool for anyone to use that exposes the weakness, like firesheep with https. For individuals driven by money, you need to get their customers riled up. So in a way, developing open tools to exploit weaknesses is a way of countering the weaknesses in the long run.

[Zikes]

I'm surprised the article doesn't suggest increasing side-channel noise as a crude interim counter.

Certainly it would be a big power drain, but for the security conscious it sounds like a reasonably easy short-term solution. That, and not accessing sensitive data in public, of course.

[CoderOnWelfare]

and truthfully WIFI at any cafe is easily spoofed so customers data can be routed thru your fake repeater pretending to be the original WIFI source.

This is like securing your windshield in your car, and not worrying about the car door locks.

The people who know how to snarf your information this way, probably can hack you a dozen other ways too.

[sctb]

Thanks, we changed it to the original article title.