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[-] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago

If someone tells me their wifi password is still the default password, I automatically think less of them

[-] [email protected] 47 points 8 months ago

This is why I change mine to something difficult to comprehend yet still legible.

Something like:

"FOURWORDSALLLOWERCASE", one word, all uppercase.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

My man here is four parallel universes ahead of the hackers

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

AI will never crack that one

[-] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

My trick is to change it to something that I immediately forget then if I need to modify any settings I can do a factory reset to get back in. Works every time

[-] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I SAID IT'S FOURWORDSALLLOWERCASE BUT THEY'RE CAPITALIZED DUMBASS!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Ooh I mixed it up with the other one which is "My_name_in_camel_casE"

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

wordswordswordswordsWORD

[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

as a satilite software engineer. your just an asshole. smart and better protected, but thinking less of people due to something so silly makes you asshole.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Love this exchange

[-] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Sounds like SOMEone is still using the default wi-fi password.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

you would be wrong

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It's one of those things that makes life for you and anyone using your wifi way easier and all it takes is 30s and a Google search if you aren't the most tech literate. It's like not putting your cart away at the grocery store, it's not a big thing but it's annoying and impolite.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

We live in a world where people get to Facebook by Googling Facebook. You expect way too much of people.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

You can leave the password blank. Though that does mean anyone driving by your house might have their phone or whatever automatically connect to it. A few devices also don't seem to like blank passwords (I think the Wii refused to connect that way).

A simple password is fine. Keeps completely random people out, and devices will connect OK. Edge-based security is flawed, anyway.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Since manufacturers are getting more pushed into getting rid of default passwords and including random generated ones this is thankfully getting less and less of an issue.

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