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Security Uncorked is a personal blog at securityuncorked.com about security. Since 2010, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-09, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this blog for Wi-Fi security background, especially its WPA2 vs WPA3 post on personal passphrase networks. Neither comment judges the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
This. If the OP of this thread would take a few minutes and read through Ubiquiti forums they'd know that there have been 10's of conversations wherein someone from Ubiquiti or a power use has explained why you shouldn't be using the old ZHO hacks. I said this yesterday in another Ubiquiti focused comment, but 1) ZHO forces all AP into the same L2 network and 2) ZHO puts all AP on the same channel and SSID. The last…
Comment linking /2013/11/the-best-damn-802-11ac-channel-allocation-graphics/
on “Ubiquiti all the things: How I fixed my dodgy Wi-Fi”Submitted Smoke and Mirrors? The Upcoming Defcon WPA2 Crack as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSounds a lot like "Having trouble multi-player video gaming? Try disabling your firewall." "Just turn off modern but now industry-standard security" is almost never the right answer. More background: "By far, the biggest leap forward in WiFi security from WPA2 to WPA3 is seen on the Personal class of networks that use passphrases." https://securityuncorked.com/2022/08/wifi-security-wpa2-vs-w... Or more of a summary:…
Comment linking /2022/08/wifi-security-wpa2-vs-wpa3/
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