wifi

I won't shut off my open #wifi network because fuck (digital) authoritarianism.

272902 – Security: allow passphrases for WPA-EAP to be saved without using clear text

<https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=272902>

#FreeBSD #security #eduroam #WiFi #wireless

NEW: Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for evading income taxes.

It hasn’t stopped the FCC from sending him $1 million a year to sell obsolete internet service in Alaska.

The money comes from a special government subsidy program. You help pay for it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-telecom-subsidies-roger-shoffstall?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #FCC #Internet #Wifi #Telecom #Government

NextBSD development updates

2026-07-30

https://github.com/orgs/nextbsd-redux/discussions/404

#AI #NextBSD #FreeBSD #Linuxulator #Linux #Gershwin #Bluetooth #WiFi #CI

NEW: On Alaska’s Adak Island, it costs more than $340,000 per year to provide hundreds of buildings — all but a few of them empty — with internet access no one uses.

The money being wasted is yours.
https://www.propublica.org/article/adak-island-alaska-internet-subsidy-fcc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Alaska #Internet #FCC #Wifi #Business #Government #Money