topic Re: Privacy warning in Security

Privacy warning

Benjiboy322 — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:48:19 GMT

My phone is telling me this message

privacy warning and when I check it out it says I’m on the wrong. WPA 2

amd I should be on WPA3

I am concerned should I be

Re: Privacy warning

KeithFrench — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:30:38 GMT

Hi @Benjiboy322

Please read my sticky on this subject in the relevant board, plus currently, the only router that supports WPA3 is the eero:-

https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Fibre/Privacy-warning-this-network-is-blocking-encrypted-DNS-traffic/m-p/3025503#M387016

Further on from this, about WPA 3 specifically:-

The WPA3 security mode is a negotiated parameter when a Wi-Fi adapter is associating with an AP. They will agree on the highest security mode that they both support. This is crucial as the AP might support this mode, but a Wi-Fi adapter might only support WPA2 Personal. In that case, the connection will be secured using WPA2 Personal, not WPA3 Personal.

If the WPA3 implementation used by that AP was WPA3 Only, then the previously mentioned Wi-Fi adapter would not be able to associate with that AP at all.

WPA2 Personal has had two main enhancements added to it that are part of WPA3. These are:-
1. The KRAK vulnerability has been patched.
2. 802.11w was ratified back in 2019 and introduces Management Frame Protection (MFP).

This will require changes to the firmware of clients and access points. Alternatively, it might be available as a software-only upgrade to many types of hardware. This is also called Protected Management Frames (PMF).

Therefore, some APs and adapters that support WPA2 Personal are protected & others are not. This is a negotiated parameter on device connection, requiring them both to support 802.11w. Obviously, WPA3 mandates that MFP be supported on all APs & STAs that support WPA3. 802.11w should be implemented now on any device that supports 802.11ac.

Re: Privacy warning

Yas123 — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:42:06 GMT

I can honestly say this info was zero help .. thanks 👍

Re: Privacy warning

ferguson — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:21:12 GMT

If you haven't got a router that supports WPA3 then ignore any device advice that suggests you use it, obviously you can't. Make sure you are using WPA2/AES otherwise.

Re: Privacy warning

Yas123 — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:09:30 GMT

This was zero help mate, just let talk talk do their thing to fix it. Ring them and make sure they log it with their engineers.

Re: Privacy warning

Gliwmaeden2 — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:26:38 GMT

If you have an issue that needs Talktalk staff support, @Yas123, please return to the appropriate message board and click on start a topic to begin your own thread.

You'll also have to complete your community forum profile details for staff to identify your account.

Re: Privacy warning

KeithFrench — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:59:51 GMT

Hi @Yas123

My reply was not aimed at you at all, as it was not your thread.

Your question contained ZERO detail at all. So I do not know if you are talking about WPA3, encrypted DNS, or something else. Please ask a question in your own thread, rather than just criticising someone else's reply.