So how many knew about it ?(access WiFi without password)

[Richard Stark]

 

As seen in the video .......

I literally just came to know about it and I am stunned ...

I mean u can easily access friends WiFi without asking for the password....

Sorry if u guys knew it already but you learn something new everyday so i guess

.............

(Need to learn a lot of things ???)

[Enderman]

you need PHYSICAL ACCESS to the router...

this button is for attaching wireless printers and stuff

obviously if you can touch the router then you can also plug an ethernet cable into it

or look on the bottom and get the password to access the configuration page and find the wifi password

 

this is not a way to get into other people's wifi who you dont know very well, like a neighbour

 

 

oh and btw if your friends refuse to give you their wifi password you need to get some new friends

[WkdPaul]

It's called WPS and it's a weak point for most routers out there (Google "WPS security flaw")

 

It's really nothing new.

[JefferyD90]

5 minutes ago, Enderman said:

you need PHYSICAL ACCESS to the router...

this button is for attaching wireless printers and stuff

obviously if you can touch the router then you can also plug an ethernet cable into it

or look on the bottom and get the password to access the configuration page and find the wifi password

 

this is not a way to get into other people's wifi who you dont know very well, like a neighbour

 

 

oh and btw if your friends refuse to give you their wifi password you need to get some new friends

Well a good friend just has a guest network set up without any need to access a secured wireless network.  But whatev's

[Altecice]

6 minutes ago, Enderman said:

you need PHYSICAL ACCESS to the router...

this button is for attaching wireless printers and stuff

obviously if you can touch the router then you can also plug an ethernet cable into it

or look on the bottom and get the password to access the configuration page and find the wifi password

 

this is not a way to get into other people's wifi who you dont know very well, like a neighbour

 

 

oh and btw if your friends refuse to give you their wifi password you need to get some new friends

 

This is the correct answer but I would just like to point out that some clever people can abuse the WPS protocol and dont always need physical access to the router to get connected. So if you dont use it, disable it.

[Richard Stark]

6 minutes ago, Enderman said:

you need PHYSICAL ACCESS to the router...

this button is for attaching wireless printers and stuff

obviously if you can touch the router then you can also plug an ethernet cable into it

or look on the bottom and get the password to access the configuration page and find the wifi password

 

this is not a way to get into other people's wifi who you dont know very well, like a neighbour

 

 

oh and btw if your friends refuse to give you their wifi password you need to get some new friends

I mean I am not into some McDonalds WiFi or something , I just can access WiFi of My neighbors if I want to coz they have no idea about this..........

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Richard Stark said:

I mean I am not into some McDonalds WiFi or something , I just can access WiFi of My neighbors if I want to coz they have no idea about this..........

so you're gonna break into your neightbour's house, press the WPS button on their router, just to steal their wifi??

[Richard Stark]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

so you're gonna break into your neightbour's house, press the WPS button on their router, just to steal their wifi??

Lol.......I can still go to their house on some ocassions and get access to it. ...........................just play it cool

[Richard Stark]

Well this thread was "who knew about it already " and I guess everyone does !!!???

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Richard Stark said:

Lol.......I can still go to their house on some ocassions and get access to it. ...........................just play it cool

you go into your neighbours house?

you're weird lol

 

either way you should just ask them, not steal it from them

[Djole123]

Huh, nothing new. I've been connecting such way since like 2011 so...

[Richard Stark]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

you go into your neighbours house?

you're weird lol

 

either way you should just ask them, not steal it from them

Well it was just an idea .....not like I am really gonna do it .............

BTW ,I am happy with my home WiFi ............just wanted to let those fellas know who didn't knew about it already ....

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, Richard Stark said:

Well it was just an idea .....not like I am really gonna do it .............

BTW ,I am happy with my home WiFi ............just wanted to let those fellas know who didn't knew about it already ....

people who would want to break into a wifi network they dont own will also not have access to the router

so....yeah not really useful

there are better ways of brute forcing wifi networks

[Richard Stark]

2 minutes ago, Enderman said:

people who would want to break into a wifi network they dont own will also not have access to the router

so....yeah not really useful

there are better ways of brute forcing wifi networks

Can u define "brute forcing WiFi networks "

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Richard Stark said:

Can u define "brute forcing WiFi networks "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking

Quote

In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of recovering passwords from data that have been stored in or transmitted by a computer system. A common approach (brute-force attack) is to try guesses repeatedly for the password and check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password.[1]

 

[Richard Stark]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking

 

OK m8 ,this has gone way too way. ..I totally agree it is not that useful but it is still convinient to use it to let others access your WiFi without telling them the password ...............temporarilily .............I hope u get my point ....not into hardcorr stuff but just for casual purposes ....

[Donut417]

52 minutes ago, Richard Stark said:

Lol.......I can still go to their house on some ocassions and get access to it. ...........................just play it cool

Not if they have it disabled. I always disable WPS when ever I set a router up. Just saying.....

[WkdPaul]

53 minutes ago, Richard Stark said:

Lol.......I can still go to their house on some ocassions and get access to it. ...........................just play it cool

FYI, depending on where you live this might be illegal, I know in some jurisdiction you can't even legally connect to an open WiFi network!

 

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2007/05/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/