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netrus on Sept 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: WiFi can read through walls

On my Android Samsung Galaxy, when I want to know the password of a saved Wifi, I generate a share-QR, screenshot it, and have a QR scanner scan the picture to extract the password. It drives me nuts, the password is clearly not secure/protected, still the UI will only give me the QR code, not the plaintext. PLEASE tell me I am just too stupid to find the right menue!

peterleiser on Sept 11, 2023 | [–]

Yeah, it's annoying. On my Samsung phone I have a "save image" option, which I can then view the photo in Google photos which has the Google lens option that will show the password.

Hikikomori on Sept 12, 2023 | [–]

On my pixel I get both qr and password.

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