Yesterday, tech sites went full Chicken Little over a Windows 10 feature that allows you to share your wireless connection without having to give away your Wi-Fi password. If only those alarmists had actually used the feature first...
Every new Windows release brings its own sudden explosions of FUD: fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
It used to be that competitors were the one responsible for sowing FUD. These days, it's the tech press.
For this week's launch of Windows 10, the primary FUD factor is one I didn't expect. Coinciding with yesterday's launch, there was an absolute avalanche of paranoid posts warning of the horrible security risks of the Wi-Fi Sense feature.
Even the normally reliable
Brian Krebs fell for the FUD: "Unless you opt out," he warned, "Windows 10 will by default share your Wi-Fi network password with any contacts you may have listed in Outlook and Skype -- and, with an opt-in, your Facebook friends."
