Seriously people stop using "password" as your wifi password

I helped my neighbor set up his router last weekend and his network name was literally "Home" and the password was "password123". I told him that's basically leaving your front door wide open in this neighborhood. Anyone with a laptop and 5 minutes could hop on his network and see everything he's doing. He just shrugged and said nobody would bother. Has anyone else dealt with friends or family who just refuse to take basic wifi security seriously?

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patriciap5211d ago

Just rename it to "FBI Surveillance Van" and watch how fast he changes that password.

the_angela11d ago

Double down and set the SSID to "FBI Surveillance Van 2.0" with a password hint that says "ask the agent parked outside". People get weirdly Paranoid about their WiFi names, and changing it to something vaguely menacing will make him recheck his locks every night for a week.