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11-23-2012, 02:06 AM
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The default WPA2-PSK passphrase used in some Belkin routers simply replaces a digit of the device's MAC address with a hecxadecimal character, according to security blogger Jakob Lell. In some cases the password replaces the corresponding ...

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