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And before we move on: The wifi apocalypse <\/strong>to which we alluded yesterday<\/strong><\/a> looks unlikely<\/strong>to come to pass. <\/strong>The risk of a \u201cKRACK attack\u201d is real, but Microsoft has already published a fix, Apple has done so in betas of its various operating systems that are now in testing, and Google is also working on it. As usual, owners of supported Pixel and Nexus devices will get the fix as soon Google pushes it out \u2014 look for it in the early November Android update \u2014 but others on Android will be vulnerable until their device manufacturer fixes it. TechCrunch<\/a> and CNET<\/a> have all the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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