The Efficacy of WPA3 in Enhancing Human-Centered Privacy in Wireless Networks

This paper examines the extent to which the Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) security protocol enhanceshuman-centred privacy protection in wireless network environments. There is an increasing emphasis on personalinformation protection and communication privacy as wireless networks become an integral part of everyday humanendeavours. Improved user privacy through Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE), the addition of support againstoffline dictionary attacks, and personalised data encryption are the key features of WPA3, which are discussed in the paperregarding its predecessor, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2). This paper statistically compares exposures to datasegmentation across devices, password cracking, and eavesdropping through two test-beds that simulate real-world freeWi-Fi hotspots with WPA2 and WPA3 security, respectively, using a combination-method evaluation approach. Some areasthat require improvement and implementation problems have been identified in the results, which indicate that theprivacy of end-users has been significantly enhanced.