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I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's a quality product that you provide (I'm assuming you're affiliated with this). I just don't remember the last time I h

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's a quality product that you provide (I'm assuming you're affiliated with this). I just don't remember the last time I had to give anyone access to my WiFi (everyone's just on mobile these days), and when it has been required it's usually for laptops (which couldn't use this.. Nor a QR code for that matter) Maybe other people would find better use for this, but for the past years I've just set my WiFi password to something I remember and in the rare cases people want to connect, I just tell them the password. The WiFi block looks nice though!

jgaudette 6y ago
Thanks!!! The most cases we find that the average people run into issues with mobile is in bad connection areas or when staying at one place for a while (staying over with friends or family, or at a party, etc). A big use case as well is airbnb's and home rentals. One of the first things that you want when entering a rental is free wifi! Thanks again for the feedback!
- macNchz 6y ago
  Yeah I'd love if airbnbs had these. I tend to rent places in mountainy areas with bad cell service. It feels like 90% of the time we arrive bleary-eyed from a long drive, needing to look up a place to get dinner, only to find the welcome packet which has a handwritten password like "FJ#)@Jkfsf2JBbnNVnIOfQPOWre230F(&J%^". Minor annoyance, but a bother all the same. I always type it out in the Notes app first to make it easier to fix typos.
  - prepend 6y ago
    I’ve rented many an Airbnb where that long password is scratched out and it looks like a previous guest has written in “torpedo” or something much easier to type. I guess the upside of default router passwords is that it allows friendly “hackers” to help.
    - ta17711771 6y ago
      Friendly hackers should know better than to leave a trivially crackable passphrase for an easily captured network.
      - prepend 6y ago
        It’s a cabin in the woods with free WiFi. The risk of someone cracking that is lower than the risk of someone breaking in and reading the password on the fridge.
        ta17711771 6y ago
        Missed that, good call!

jgaudette 6y ago

Thanks!!! The most cases we find that the average people run into issues with mobile is in bad connection areas or when staying at one place for a while (staying over with friends or family, or at a party, etc). A big use case as well is airbnb's and home rentals. One of the first things that you want when entering a rental is free wifi! Thanks again for the feedback!

macNchz 6y ago
Yeah I'd love if airbnbs had these. I tend to rent places in mountainy areas with bad cell service. It feels like 90% of the time we arrive bleary-eyed from a long drive, needing to look up a place to get dinner, only to find the welcome packet which has a handwritten password like "FJ#)@Jkfsf2JBbnNVnIOfQPOWre230F(&J%^". Minor annoyance, but a bother all the same. I always type it out in the Notes app first to make it easier to fix typos.
- prepend 6y ago
  I’ve rented many an Airbnb where that long password is scratched out and it looks like a previous guest has written in “torpedo” or something much easier to type. I guess the upside of default router passwords is that it allows friendly “hackers” to help.
  - ta17711771 6y ago
    Friendly hackers should know better than to leave a trivially crackable passphrase for an easily captured network.
    - prepend 6y ago
      It’s a cabin in the woods with free WiFi. The risk of someone cracking that is lower than the risk of someone breaking in and reading the password on the fridge.
      - ta17711771 6y ago
        Missed that, good call!