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i think we've all been in the situation where we need to connect a new phone or

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pc to our wi-fi network and we forgot the password sometimes it's because

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you're using an isp-provided router that has a complicated default security key

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and you lost the piece of paper it was on while other times we just can't

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remember the custom password we set ourselves so is there a way to look it

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up let's start with what's probably the easiest way using an Android device

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that's already connected to the same network Android tan and newer actually

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make it quite straightforward open up your wi-fi settings and tap on the

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network you're currently connected to or a previous one that's already saved then

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you should see an option that says share go ahead and tap that and you'll see a

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qr code that another device can scan to connect but you'll also get the password

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you need in plain text right below it it's just that easy but what if you're

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more of an iphone household well iOS has

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lagged behind Android in this department imagine that but apple is finally adding

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a feature to view saved wi-fi passwords to iphones and ipads and followed this

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year when iOS 16 comes out you'll need to have an iphone 8 or newer or an ipad

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with at least an a9 CPU in order to do this though open up your wi-fi settings

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and tap the network you want similar to what you do on Android then you'll see a

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field that says password so as you'd expect tap on it authenticate yourself

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with either your biometrics or your unlock code and the wi-fi password will

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pop right up but what if your mobile device is too old to use these methods

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or you just you don't have it on you we'll tell you what to do in that case

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right after we thank our buddy joel crane for collaborating with us on this episode and also hetzner hetzner is a

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clicking on the link below you can also look up a lost wi-fi password on a

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Windows pc that's already connected to the network you want fire up the old

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school control panel and go to network and sharing center you'll be able to click on the name of the network and

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from there select wireless properties then the security tab and finally check

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the box that says show characters if you're logged in with administrator

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privileges the password will pop right up there's also a way to view passwords

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from previous networks you've connected to and it's only a tiny bit more

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complicated open up a command prompt or powershell window as administrator and

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then enter this command just replace the x's with the name of the network you

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want you'll then see a field called key content the password will be listed

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right there if you've got macOS the process is actually a little simpler all

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you have to do is search for a built-in app called keychain access from there

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you can search for any saved wireless network you want then click on the show

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password box and then it'll spill its secrets for you but all of these methods

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require that you have a device previously connected to the network what

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if you're like really in a bind and you don't have all of that well assuming

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it's your own network you might be able to brute force the password if you've

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left wps on wps stands for wi-fi

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protected setup and it's that feature that allows you to connect your devices

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by just pushing a button on your router unfortunately wps is also a huge

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security risk which is why we recommend disabling it in the router settings in

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most circumstances but if your router happens to have it enabled anyway which

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many of them unfortunately do by default you might be able to take advantage of

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that weakness to hack the wps feature by using free software tools that you can

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find online if you succeed you'll probably have your password in a matter

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of hours but for the love of god do not do this on any network that isn't your

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own not only is it extremely not nice but it's also illegal in many places and

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if you get caught yeah don't say we didn't warn you thanks

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