& shy; Recently, it has been reported that at the end of April, more than 100 ordinary trains of Beijing Railway Bureau will open free WiFi, while 75 trains of Jinan Railway Bureau are carrying out free WiFi loading and debugging.
& shy; As soon as the news came out, it immediately aroused heated discussion on the Internet and won favorable comments from many netizens. Once upon a time, the car was far away and the letters were very slow. Later, the speed was accelerated and there was no WiFi. The time was still very slow. Nowadays, trains cover WiFi, and many netizens said, “there is no need to be bored and have nothing to do in the future”. However, some netizens have concerns about the security and user experience of public networks such as train WiFi.
& shy; Online confrontation:
& shy; Network security and user experience are the focus.
& shy; It is understood that the domestic train WiFi coverage has started pilot since 2012, but it is limited to providing passengers with train cinemas, passenger information, travel guides and other services. Due to the use of LAN, limited functions and poor user experience. Different from before, the WiFi system invested in this time consists of “lan + part of the Internet”. Passengers can download the corresponding App to realize the networking function, and can chat with QQ and brush friends on the train.
& shy; However, CCTV’s “3 · 15” party exposed the hidden danger of wireless network security for two consecutive years. Now the train wireless network can connect to the external Internet, in the process of information transmission, information security also touched the nerves of netizens again. The netizen “Sun Zhonghan” said that there may be a big problem in the information security of the network. Some netizens also said frankly that they do not need WiFi in other places except their own WiFi.
& shy; From the discussion of topics on the Internet, netizens’ concerns about information security mainly focus on two aspects. One is that the network is provided by a third-party platform, and whether the service provider stores user information properly; the second is whether the encryption measures adopted are reliable during data transmission through the Internet.
& shy; User experience is also of equal concern to network security issues. Based on past experience, some netizens are not very optimistic about the service quality of train WiFi, and even some netizens leave a message saying, “I hope the network speed is more than tens of K.” However, some netizens also believe that as one of the activities of “railway passenger service quality year”, free WiFi service should also see the positive side of “Iron boss” in customer service.
& shy; Offline survey:
& shy; Free WiFi for public transportation in the province is still a minority
& shy; Beijing and Jinan have already covered trains with WiFi, so what is the situation in Fujian? According to the relevant person in charge of network information department of Nanchang Railway Bureau, at present, Nanchang Railway Bureau has not received any news that trains in Fujian province should cover WiFi.
& shy; In addition, the reporter learned from the public transport operation units in Quanzhou Transportation Group, Wuyi transportation, Fuzhou Public Transport Group, Fuzhou Kangchi New bus, etc, currently, only one Kangchi company provides free WiFi service for public transportation, and users can connect to the external internet after verification by mobile phone. In addition, Quanzhou transportation group once put into operation free wireless network in passengers on long-distance routes transportation and public transportation system, and suspended related projects for various considerations in 2015.
& shy; Since last year, various districts and cities in the province have successively started the construction of smart cities, most of which include the construction of public welfare wireless networks. Fuzhou municipal government digital office led the launch of Smart Fuzhou public welfare wireless project (SmartFuzhou WiFi) in June 2015. Quanzhou also cooperated “all WiFi” with Quanzhou mobile company in the same year by Fujian optical sound Information Technology Co., Ltd. to cover public areas such as commercial streets, hospitals, stations and universities in the city.
& shy; In response to the security problem of public welfare wireless network, the head of Fujian optical sound business department said that “all WiFi” provides information encryption for users based on the technology of communication operators and base station support. In addition, there is a page anti-counterfeiting measure. Users need to reserve information when registering and logging on to the wireless network for the first time and cannot change it. After that, a pop-up window will be displayed every time they log on to ensure that the link is correct.
& shy; Expert opinion:
& shy; The general trend does not need to exaggerate the risks deliberately.
& shy; “the promotion of wireless networks is the general trend, and it is unnecessary for ordinary users to worry too much.” Deputy researcher Zheng Xianghan, deputy director of the Department of network engineering and information security of Fuzhou University, believes that security issues are relative, and operators will have security considerations before being put into use, including signal encryption and other means, personal information is not sent directly to the base station.
& shy; At the same time, Zheng Xianghan said that although there are still many improvements to public WiFi, take the asymmetric 128-bit encryption 256-bit encryption as an example, it can already provide high security for ordinary users, “there is no need to deliberately enlarge its security vulnerabilities”.
& shy; Zheng Xianghan believes that the biggest reason for information leakage lies in consumers’ improper use habits. Even with encryption methods, simple password settings are easy to be cracked. (Reporter Zheng Xiaodan intern Zhou Jianpeng)