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I believe security is the reason. Lets see, I can
A. Buy a VPN router for $100 or
B. Not buy a VPN router and just wirelessly sync via plan old wifi.
What option would most people choose? Hummmmm $100. See what I am getting at? Most people follow the money every time.
With all the flak MS has been taking over security lately I can hardly blame them. Look how many people were running PC's without a firewall before the free one that MS included with SP2. Even though you could download one free firewall before SP2.
Look how many people run their wifi's wide open without WEP WPA. One can say that "that's their problem not mine", then consider how worm viruses that spread from unprotected PC to unprotected PC and slowed down the net for all of us. You might want to reconsider. Is wifi Activesync capable of spreading a virus or worm through an unsecured wifi syncing? I am not a security expert so I can say it defintely can or cant.. but the poker player in me says yes.
They are really in a no-win situation... so given that, I think they went with making AS more secure.
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Couldn't you run a VPN using software on your PC?
Microsoft, do realize that Bluetooth will become more popular as this happens until it's not secure anymore. Just allow WiFi syncing and make it automatically set up a VPN.