Which means William Binney was right. The government, via the NSA, really is collecting, recording, and storing digitally telephone records, emails, and other Internet communications domestically for the purposes of gathering intelligence. A former NSA official, Binney certainly was in a position to know.
For WPA/WPA2 preshared keys, the DataOut.pbData will contain the plaintext password. Unlike WPA/WPA2 keys, WEP keys are stored in hex format, i.e., the output buffer will store the key in its binary representation. A single post-processing step is required to convert the binary string to hex:
Itâs used to open your room, or maybe access the pool area. Some more elaborate hotels may link your room key to your account so you can use it at an on-site restaurant or shop. In this case, it might be assumed that your credit card information is stored on the key, but it isnât. In those cases, the hotel stores a marker on the card which tells any scanners that there is a credit card on file for that room.