How to share WiFi gracefully without telling someone your password

How to share WiFi gracefully without telling someone your password The question of how to share WiFi without telling others the password seems to be a historical legacy of the mobile Internet era. "What is your WiFi password?" This question may be asked by colleagues and friends you have just met, relatives who come to visit you during the New Year holidays and neighbors who have just moved in, and you don't want to tell them your carefully set WiFi password that you don't come twice a year. I believe that many people have encountered this embarrassing situation, combined with the years of similar problems on Zhihu, how to share WiFi without telling others the password, seems to have become a historical legacy of the mobile Internet era. In fact, we all know that the reason why we don't want to tell people we are not familiar with the WiFi password is not because we are stingy, after all, the network is a yearly fee and we can't use it all. It's more for security reasons, after all, the password is a personal privacy. Some people may remember a total of so many passwords, back and forth in different accounts, not to mention that there are "a code to the world" of the gods, a password to tell you, is basically the same as all his passwords to tell you. In addition, the mobile application ecology is not very standardized in the past few years, some software that can connect WiFi for free is actually by collecting a large number of users' WiFi passwords and then sharing them, if you connect WiFi once on the phone with this software installed, the entire Internet knows your WiFi password, which in effect increases the risk. In addition to the above, it may also be because the owner of WiFi really forgot the password because of the age, if you want to change it, you can only reset the router. There are many people who have forgotten their passwords. "This is what Confucius said thousands of years ago. Nowadays, how can a small WiFi password be a problem for the majority of Internet users in our polite country? Today, I'd like to introduce you my experience of sharing WiFi network without losing the password, so that you can respond more elegantly the next time you face the soul-crushing question of "What is your WiFi password? 1、 iOS devices near shared WiFi Elegance index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The huge number of Apple devices has also greatly facilitated the interconnection between iOS devices, which is also reflected in the matter of WiFi connection. As early as in the era of iphone 7, Apple has added the function of sharing WiFi to iOS system, and it is very simple to implement. The device that is not connected to WiFi just needs to put it close to the device that is already connected to WiFi, the system will automatically pop up an animation prompting whether to share the WiFi password that is being connected with xxx, then just click on the screen can be easily completed. However, to achieve this step, in addition to the WiFi and Bluetooth of the device, both parties need to be friends of each other's address book, and the email address used as Apple ID should be stored in each other's address book to do so, which is suitable for familiar classmates, colleagues and relatives, and can only be shared for iOS devices. 2、Android devices share WiFi via QR code Elegance Index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ After all, the Android ecosystem is all about "open source", so how can a small shared WiFi password be a problem for major manufacturers? However, in recent years, the Android system continues to tighten permissions, once some of the use of software or ROOT to read the system information method is no longer applicable. The good thing is that each brand has been polishing their own system, so that the use of QR codes to share WiFi this function has been integrated into the system, very convenient. As I don't have an Android device on hand, the information collected from the Internet shows that Huawei and Xiaomi have already brought this feature with them. The principle of this is very simple, that is, the system automatically identifies the WiFi name, password and other information and then generates a QR code for the device to read, and in the early years when there was no such function, some enthusiasts would use the generator to generate a QR code to achieve this effect, and as long as the WiFi name and password have not been changed, this QR code has been available. Friends who often have guests at home can print a copy and paste it on the wall ~ 3, router NFC connection Elegance index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mobile device manufacturers so hard, router manufacturers naturally can not be left behind ~ especially after entering the WiFi 6 era, manufacturers in addition to the signal strength and speed of continuous progress, the ease of use of the router also made a lot of exploration, through the NFC connection WiFi is a very good example. As far as I can remember, this feature first appeared on Huawei's AX3 Pro router in 2020, but it did not trigger a large number of manufacturers to follow suit. This may be because the router itself comes with WPS connectivity, making people feel that adding more cost to make an NFC feature is a bit of a stretch, but for users this feature itself is still very convenient. For example, the following ZTE AX5400 router launched last year, on the side of the NFC identification area, users just open the phone's NFC function touch this area to connect to WiFi, but this feature is only effective for Android users, iOS system is not yet supported. 4, router WPS button connection Elegance index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Although the WPS connection was placed at the end, but in fact it appeared the earliest time indeed, even I can not think of what router is not this function. Perhaps because the design is too hidden, or perhaps the manufacturer's publicity is not in place, this little WPS button is often thought of by some as the router's reset button or power switch. The black button on the far right is the WPS button In other words, the routers in our homes actually support WiFi sharing, and it is not difficult to operate, as long as the user selects the WiFi network on the device that needs to be connected, and then presses the button on the router, you can automatically connect to the WiFi network. This method supports almost all cell phones, PCs and tablets, and there is no requirement for the system version. However, there are some problems with this connection method, I often encountered the device disconnected in the past use of the situation, not as stable as the direct input password, but also did not find a specific reason. The router is usually placed at home in the TV cabinet, desk or even weak box (not recommended) and other hidden places, more dust, may not be very aspects of the hand directly to the small button, so most people do not know this method. I believe that after reading the above, the next time you are asked for your WiFi password, you will not be in an awkward situation again.