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This is awesome, I've always been to lazy to set this up and regret it every time someone is over and I have to tell them my wifi password is tacokissies456
by swozey 3y ago
This is awesome, I've always been to lazy to set this up and regret it every time someone is over and I have to tell them my wifi password is tacokissies456
- exe34 3y agoI got a sticky NFC tag from eBay and programmed it with my phone. I ask visitors to tap their phone on it if they want WiFi.
- swozey 3y agoIs NFC ubiquitous now? Every phone has it? I used to use it for stuff when I used android like changing the phones mode when I got in my car before I could do it when connected to my cars bluetooth etc but I thought most phones didn't have it or were removing it a few years ago. I'm iphone 13 pro now no idea.
- jsheard 3y agoIt's pretty ubiquitous ever since GooglePay/ApplePay took off and gave most people a reason to want it, at least in markets where those systems operate. I have noticed that grey-market imports of Android phones are sometimes missing NFC support when the domestic version has it though, so it does depend on where you are.
- exe34 3y agoI don't have many friends, so it hasn't been a problem so far. I did write the information on the tag as well to avoid me having to dig it out for people without nfc.
- noptd 3y agoI typically chose passwords that are long, easy to remember sentences (no caps or spaces). Generic example: millionsandmillionsofpeopleliveinthiscity Easy to share aloud, but long enough to protect against being brute-forced.
- michaelbarton 3y agoI prefer: thewifipasswordisonthefridgenospaces
- adt 3y agoThis sounds like an Abbott and Costello (or Monty Python) [or Arrested Development] sketch. then the word 'no spaces' but actually also no spaces. no, it's not on the fridge. type 'the wifi password is on the fridge' and then...