If a guest attempts to log on to the hotel’s real network, they’ll be prompted for the access code.
When other guests at the hotel decide to go online, they see two (or more) Wi-Fi networks with very similar names: the hotel’s real, legitimate secured network(s) and the hacker’s fake, unsecure network(s). Scenario: A hacker/scammer rents a room in a busy hotel, checks in, then sets up a temporary Wi-Fi hotspot using a Network ID similar to the one assigned to the hotel’s real Wi-Fi network. Note: I’ll use a hotel setting in this example, but the scam works pretty much the same way at other types of venues. Hackers and scammers are now setting up “Evil Twin” Wi-Fi networks that mimic an establishment’s real, legitimate network. Many of us routinely use these types of secured Wi-Fi networks without giving them a second thought, because…well, they’re encrypted, and therefore safe, right?Īs a general rule these secured networks are indeed safe and we can use them without having to worry about having our usernames, passwords and personal info being stolen.īut there’s also a danger with using secured Wi-Fi networks that you need to know about… How about the secure Wi-Fi network that serves the building you work in – or even the network at your church?
While being the easiest, the third method is also the most limited because you can’t use it to find passwords to networks you don’t administer yourself.Have you ever used a hotel’s secure Wi-Fi network while staying there as a guest? To do that, you need to enter your router’s IP address in the address bar, log in with the admin username and password (try admin/admin if you’re not sure), and go to the wireless settings section. Or you can simply log in to your router’s admin interface using the Safari web browser and view the password to your own network there.You can then view them from your Mac computer (see the macOS section later in this article for more details). If jailbreaking your iPhone isn’t something you’re willing to do, then you can turn on iCloud synchronization and use it to synchronize all passwords stored on your iPhone.
You can jailbreak your iPhone and install something like GoodWiFi to see more information about known WiFi networks.Here are your options sorted from the most complicated to the least complicated: There are three ways to find WiFi passwords on iOS, and none of them is particularly user-friendly.
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