Staying careful while sharing WIFI password with QR code

Now a days sharing WIFI password to a guest is easy. Just share the QR code from your phone to your guest. He/she can point their camera to the QR image and wallah !!! we are connected.

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There is a common mistake we do which can lead to dire consequences in extreme conditions. Here in this post, let’s discuss on that and how to avoid this mistake.

The process, for those, who don’t know it

Go to your phone settings, then go to connectivity or WIFI settings. If your phone is not very old, it will show an option like, generate QR Code. Here is an example in my old Galaxy Note 9. Most android phone will have the configuration in the same place.

See this link to do it in iPhones.

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